Request to Increase Chinese Labor in Cuba

This was a request written to the Queen of Spain on the behalf of Spanish traders, merchants, and landowners in Cuba, who were seeking permission to import up to 20,000 Chinese settlers into Cuba to work for the established Cuban businesses. The merchants felt that in order for their businesses to grow and prosper that more working hands were needed, and that looking towards China for more workers was the easiest and most convenient manner of achieving their goals. 1857.