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- Member of: Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection
Created1861-06-10
DescriptionRecords for the ship Reina de Oceano, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Troncoso, Bustamante y Co. On this trip, the Reina de Oceano brought workers from China to work as field workers in Cardenas
Created1866-10-12
DescriptionRecords for the ship Francasa, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Y. M. Zangroniz y Compania. On this trip, the Francasa brought workers from China to work as field workers.
Created1861-05-08
DescriptionJustino Campbell transferred his contracts with several Chinese settlers in Cardenas and Matanzas to the Superior Civil Government so that these workers may obtain their cedulas or personal identity cards.
Created1868
DescriptionCertifies that Francisco Colono, a Chinese settler, completed an eight-year-contract with his employer, Diego de Fonseca.
Created1858-05-01
DescriptionThis is a list of Chinese settlers who had escaped from their owners in the Jurisdiction of Cardenas. The list includes the following details of each settler: the date which they escaped, their name, age, stature, origin, owners, and neighborhood. Cardenas- 1858.
Created1872-01-25
DescriptionThis is a neighborhood identity card (cedula) that belonged to Gustabo, a Chinese settler. It lists his home address.
Created1859
Description
Two separate records are included within these documents. One document is the record of the departure of Emigrante, a Spanish ship, from China for Cuba on April 6, 1859. The second document is a record of the departure of Daguerre and Yormose, both French ships, from China to Cuba on February 23, 1859. The intent of the three voyages was to transport Chinese settlers to Cuba, where they would begin working for several Spanish land and factory owners as indentured servants.
Created1866-06-05
Description
This is a list of 154 Chinese workers who traveled to Cuba aboard the Mourne de Nantes, a French ship, and who upon arrival in Havana, Cuba, were ceded to Antonio Gutierrez. Details about the duration of the eight year contracts, including the start and end dates, as well as the the type of work they would be doing (fieldwork) were stipulated within the list. The Chinese and Spanish names of each settler, as well as their age and origin,L were also included in the list. Antonio Gutierrez, 1866
Created1865
DescriptionThis is a cedula, or identity card, that belonged to a Chinese settler named Listo. At the time that this cedula was issued for him, Listo was 29 years old, and in the process of completing an eight year labor contract with Jose Aranguren. 1865.
Created1866
DescriptionAn identity card, or cedula, for Hermin, originally from Canton. He was 34 years old when this card was issued. He was employed by Jose Maria Morales.