[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. A group of 12 documents regarding the sale of enslaved persons in Cuba. 1844-1873.

Disbound ledger pages recording legal events in Cuba, 8 1/2 x 12 5/8 in., (removed from ledger, chipping/loss to edges and corners, ink bleeding, dampstaining). Dated from 1844-1873, with official seals. Documents record the sale of several enslaved persons, including a 20-year-old woman named Petronila described as being a Creole mulatto, a black 5-year-old named Eulogio Amado, a Creole man named Laureano, a 35-year-old woman named Estefania being sold by a commercial enterprise called "Brooks & Co," and others.

One document, dated 30 December 1870, records the sale of 12 enslaved persons including a 43-year-old man named Roberto, a 40-year-old woman named Cecilia, a 45-year-old woman named Carolina, a 47-year-old woman named Roselana, a 26-year-old woman named Ines, a 35-year-old woman named Josefina, a 50-year-old man named Valentin, a 40-year-old woman named Fortunata, a 4-year-old woman named Rafaela, a 6-year-old child named Pascal, a 3-year-old child named Joaquin, and a 4-year-old child named Cecilia.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.