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Created1858
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Reports on Chinese slaves and settlers who escaped from their owners and were captured in Santa Maria del Rosario. 1858.
Created1858
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Reports on Chinese slaves and settlers who escaped from their owners and were captured in Santa Maria del Rosario. 1858.
Created1858
Description
Reports on Chinese slaves and settlers who escaped from their owners and were captured in Santa Maria del Rosario. 1858.
Created1858
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List of slaves and Chinese settlers who ran away from their owners and were later recaptured in May 1858. They were imprisoned in Cardenas.
Created1858
DescriptionReports on Chinese slaves and settlers who escaped from their owners and were captured in Cienfuegos. 1858.
Created1858-08-01
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This is a list of Chinese settlers and slaves who had fled from their owners, but were subsequently captured in the jurisdiction of Santa Maria del Rosario. The captured settlers and slaves were held in the municipal deposit of slaves of Santa Maria del Rosario while their owners were notified of their capture. Several details of each of the settlers and slaves, including the dates of their escape and capture, name, age, brief description, nationality, name of owner, and address, were recorded in the document. 1858.
Created1872
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Payment document for the capture of Chinese settlers who ran away from their owners. Cardenas 1872.
Created1865-06-06
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This is a formal rehire request that was written on behalf of Sebastian, a Chinese settler, who had just completed a labor contract and was seeking to sign a new one for the duration of one year. Sebastian sought to sign a new contract to work on the railroads with a railroad company under Maximo Mora. The subsequent documents include a second contract, his baptism certificate, and a formal written request for his carta de domicilio, or permanent residence card, that was signed on June 6, 1866. Other documents included in this selection are testimonies that were written by Sebastian's past owners describing his good conduct and dedication to his work. 1865.
Created1868
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This is an application for permanent residency for a Chinese settler, Ysidoro, who worked for Dolores Hernan in Cardenas, 1868.
Created1867
DescriptionRelates that Federico, a Chinese settler, was granted permanent residency in Cuba after fulfilling the legal requirements. He worked for the Gran Azucaria, a sugar cane producer.