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2 African Cuban Slave Manuscripts Sacred Sacrament

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2 African Cuban Slave Manuscripts Sacred Sacrament
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Two (2) African Cuban slave manuscripts. the first one (the left manuscript) concerns a Christian sacrament administered to an Emancipated Slave ("Emp.do" - common abbreviation), with name and slave #148 listed; his Godfather was also a slave ("esclabo" - "v" and "b" are often switched with each other since the pronunciation is almost identical, however "esclavo" is the correct way to write "slave" in Spanish). The second manuscript (manuscript to the left) concerns the Sacred Sacrament being administered to an African slave from the Congo; with his slave owner listed; the Godfather, also a slave of the same owner, listed with slave # , he is shown as coming from "from the Witches" ("de las Brujas"). H:21, W:15 cm each