
Passport Request
This is a letter requesting a passport for a Chinese settler, Luis, who works for Antonio Lopez de Briña.
This is a letter requesting a passport for a Chinese settler, Luis, who works for Antonio Lopez de Briña.
A contract between Pedro, a Chinese settler, and Jose Romano. The contract was to last for a year and lists the legal requirements of both the employee and the employer. Notes that Pedro completed a contract previously with Ingenio S Carlos. Signed by the governor of Cuba, Jose Romano and Pedro, who signed in Chinese.
List of workers who were recently hired by various employers. It lists the name of the employer or company, the name of the settler and their personal details.
A money script for Luis, a Chinese settler, for twenty pesos. It was given to his as payment for his monthly wages.
List of workers who were recently hired by various employers. It lists the name of the employer or company, the name of the settler and their personal details.
List of Chinese settlers who ran away from their owners and were later captured. After capture, they were held in the Municipal Slave Deposit in Santa Maria del Rosario. Their names, ages, and nationality are listed along with the dates of their escape and capture.
Atay or Cayetano, a Chinese settler, converted to Christianity in the city of Matanzas. In his baptism, he offered his loyalty to the Cuban government and the church in order to eventually receive permanent residency in Cuba, a legal requirement.
Records for the ship Granvilles, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Y. M. Zangroniz y Compania. On this trip, the Granvilles brought workers from China to work as field workers.
Records of business deals between the United Asian Colonization under Benigno Gonzalez Alvarez and Ferran, Dupierris y Co, concerning the importation of Chinese settlers to Cuba.
Records for the ship Flora, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba. On this trip, the Flora brought three hundred and nine settlers from China to work.