Group of six Cuban contracts for Chinese slaves
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Heading: (Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)
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Title: Six contracts for Chinese slaves in Cuba
Place Published: Cuba
Publisher:
Date Published: 1860s-1870s
Description:
Author:
Title: Six contracts for Chinese slaves in Cuba
Place Published: Cuba
Publisher:
Date Published: 1860s-1870s
Description:
Six partially printed documents, complete by hand. Various sizes.
Includes:
1861 "Recontrata" (supplementary contract) issued after fulfilment of a an initial 8-year contract that had to be served. This particular Recontrata is extremely rare as it represents a "rescinded contract" signed twice by the Chinese slave and once by a Chinese interpreter. There are only about a dozen of these known to exist.
1872 "Recontrata" contract signed on the reverse by the Chinese slave and has a Cuban Police stamp on the face of the document. Recontrata issued with a Police stamp are very rare.
1877 contract signed on the reverse by the Chinese slave and has a Cuban Police stamp on the face of the document.
1866 contract signed on the reverse by the Chinese slave, with holograph "Gratis" notation. [Chinese slaves were paid for their work (less than black African or Cuban criollo (native) slaves) and the "Gratis" notation may indicate the slave labor was obtained entirely for free.]
1868 Recontrata Chinese slavery contract, signed on the face by the Chinese slave, with printed "Gratis" notation at lower left corner.
1869 Chinese slavery Recontrata contract for a slave working on the Railroad - this contract bears a description of the work done by the slave working on the railroad and a blind-embossed seal of the Railroad itself. No more than about 25 such contracts are known to exist.
Together 6 documents.
Condition
All with some foxing and browning, light wear; very good.
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Group of six Cuban contracts for Chinese slaves
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