Title: Three manuscript documents relating to escaped slaves on Cuba and a bounty hunter seeking them Author: ** Place: Cuba Publisher: Date: 1826 Description: Three ink manuscript documents in Spanish, comprising 13 pages in all. 31x21.5 cm. (12¼x8½"). The first document, written from Guira (now in Artemisa province, prior to 2011 part of Havana province), is a letter written to the President Governor General advising that black men residing on large and medium-sized farms not frequent taverns where alcohol is sold, as this could result in liaisons with slaves who have escaped to the hills. The other two documents are diary-like accounts written in Cayajabo, Pinar del Rio Province by bounty hunter Jose Perez Sanchez, recording his visits to various sugar refineries and hamlets, searching for escaped slaves. Partial translation/summary available on request. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good or better condition. Item number: 233778
Title: Three manuscript documents relating to escaped slaves on Cuba and a bounty hunter seeking them Author: ** Place: Cuba Publisher: Date: 1826 Description: Three ink manuscript documents in Spanish, comprising 13 pages in all. 31x21.5 cm. (12¼x8½"). The first document, written from Guira (now in Artemisa province, prior to 2011 part of Havana province), is a letter written to the President Governor General advising that black men residing on large and medium-sized farms not frequent taverns where alcohol is sold, as this could result in liaisons with slaves who have escaped to the hills. The other two documents are diary-like accounts written in Cayajabo, Pinar del Rio Province by bounty hunter Jose Perez Sanchez, recording his visits to various sugar refineries and hamlets, searching for escaped slaves. Partial translation/summary available on request. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good or better condition. Item number: 233778
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