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Slavery.

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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Advertencia. La presente reseña de los acontecimientos..

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 162
Abstract

Manuscript "Advertencia" by Antonio Prats, describing the events that resulted in his arrest during the period of political unrest leading up to the 10 Years War in Cuba.

Dates: circa 1863
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Advertencia. La presente reseña de los acontecimientos..

Bill of sale for the coffee plantation La Criolla and its slaves

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0546
Abstract

A manuscript containing the Coffee Plantation, La Criolla's bill of sale and the individual names of its slaves.

Dates: 1871
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Bill of sale for the coffee plantation La Criolla and its slaves

Chinese Indentured Workers in Cuba Contracts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0359
Abstract The collection houses 30 Cuban contracts spanning from 1861 to 1878 for Chinese indentured workers. The collection also includes one identification card of an enslaved man from Macau, China, and two lists of Chinese laborers sent from China to Cuba. The contracts hail from different parts of Cuba and include personal information about the workers as well as information regarding the conditions of the contract and special provisions. This collection offers a glimpse into the changing nature...
Dates: 1861-1878; Majority of material found within 1868
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Chinese Indentured Workers in Cuba Contracts

Cuban Slave Death Certificates and Burial Letters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0397
Abstract

The collection, which spans the second half of the nineteenth century, includes 28 documents. Some are letters of slave owners to the priest of the church of Montserrat in Havana, Cuba; others are death certificates of slaves, runaway slaves, and free persons of color issued by the Real Hospital de Caridad de San Felipe y Santiago.

Dates: 1852-1898; Majority of material found within 1860s-1870s
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Cuban Slave Death Certificates and Burial Letters Collection

Cuban Slave Insurance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 268
Abstract

Seventeen documents pertaining to insurance for slaves in Cuba.

Dates: 1855-1878
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Cuban Slave Insurance Collection

Hart Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 242
Abstract

Correspondence and documents of Florida Governor Ossian B. Hart, his father Isaiah Hart, his wife Catherine Hart, and his sister-in-law Emma Campbell.

Dates: 1838-1914
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Hart Family Papers

James David Glunt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 043
Abstract Documents collected by James David Glunt for his dissertation, primarily relating to Florida history in the second Spanish period (1784-1821) and territorial period (1821-1845), particularly plantation slavery. A donation of additional material in 2016 included material on the Bradford family of Tallahassee and papers of George Noble Jones, which appear in Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones, coedited with U. B. Phillips. The rest of the...
Dates: 1797-1930; Majority of material found within 1820-1880
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / James David Glunt Collection

José Antonio Saco Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0388
Abstract

Letters written by the Cuban intellectual José Antonio Saco documenting his abolitionist efforts during his residence in Europe.

Dates: 1837 December-1844 September
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / José Antonio Saco Letters

Joseph Barnes Will

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0459
Abstract

This document is Joseph Barnes’s testament; he was a slave-owner in Jamaica in the 1800s. He was born on the year 1765 and died on May 6th, 1829.

Dates: 1831
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Joseph Barnes Will

Letterbook of Samuel Cary used in St. Christopher/St. Kitts and in Grenada for the Simon Plantation

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 166
Abstract

Manuscript letterbook, dated 1765 to 1772, written by Samuel Cary in St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and in Grenada for the Simon Plantation.

Dates: 1765-1772
Found in: Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida / Letterbook of Samuel Cary used in St. Christopher/St. Kitts and in Grenada for the Simon Plantation

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