2 documents recording the sale of Two Enslaved Women in Cuba, 1872
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[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of two documents recording the sale of enslaved persons in Cuba. Dated 1872. Two folio pages with Cuban government seals from ledger recording legal events in eastern Cuba. 8.25 x 12.5 inches. Dated 1872-1877, and with Cuban government seals. These two documents record the sale of an 18 year old enslaved girl named Avelina for 3,835 pesetas and a black Chinese woman named Felicita, who was sold for 3,000 pesetas. The price of slaves gradually rose throughout the nineteenth century with a peak average of 673 pesos per slave in 1870. These high prices, driven by increased global demand for sugar and disruptions in the transatlantic slave trade, played a part in ending the practice. Some chipping to edges, with ink bleeding and discoloration, but overall in good condition.Item #18860
Price: $480.00
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