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- Member of: Chinese Immigrants in Cuba: Documents From the James and Ana Melikian Collection
Created1861-03-04
DescriptionThese documents pertain to 19 Chinese settlers who arrived in Havana aboard the American ship "Live Yankee" in 1861. Upon arrival in Cuba, their eight year labor contracts were ceded to a landowner named Juan Poey; he hired them to be fieldworkers. Havana, 1861.
Created1876-04-18
DescriptionDeath certificate for Cosme, a Chinese immigrant from Canton. He died in the Royal Hospital in San Felipe y Santiago.
Created1870-05-28
DescriptionDeath certificate for Norberto, a Chinese immigrant. He died at the Royal Hospital in San Felipe y Santiago from tuberculosis.