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- Member of: Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection
Created1862
DescriptionThis is a list of Chinese settlers who have been rehired for use in public works. 1862.
Created1956-07-16
DescriptionNotice from Dr. Jesus M Gonzalez y Fuente, doctor and lawyer, to Vicente Lee and Manuel Chiang allowing them to open their store, Lee and Chiang in Guanabacoa.
Created1873
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Information on "runaway" worker, Laureano, who escaped from his owner. November 1873.
Created1858
DescriptionList of slaves and Chinese settlers have escaped from their owners in Havana. August 1858.
DescriptionThis is a series of reports files by the mayor of Guanabacoa concerning the treatment of Chinese settlers in Cuba, including punishment for crimes and the death penalty.
Created1861
DescriptionRecords for the ship Alice Thorndike, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente y Co. On this trip, the Alice Thorndike brought 342 settlers from China to work.
Created1873
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A complaint filed by Fransisco Perez on the behalf of Jose Garcia, a Chinese settler who was "wrongfully imprisoned."
Created1866
DescriptionRecords for the ship Francasa Grambille, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Y. M. Zangroniz y Co. On this trip, the Francasa Grambille brought settlers from China to work in the countryside.
Created1864
DescriptionThis is a work contract between Anaeleto, a Chinese immigrant working in Cuba and a company that builds roads. Anaeleto originally was from Laui-sin. The contract is signed by Anaeleto in Chinese, Manuel Borque, and the governor, Jose Lope.
Created1867
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Records pertaining to the right of a company to not pay for the burial of their employees if they die while contracted. The court ruling does mention that many settlers are poor and that the parish has struggled to find resources to help the poor, but that the bishop did not help the parishes. The Deposit of Immigrants has been persisting in changing public and legal perception of Chinese settlers as humans who have rights. However, companies are not legally obligated to fulfill a church job.