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[Latin America - Slavery] - 10 notarial deeds of sales in Neiva (New Granada), 1772 - 1816. Manus...

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:370.00 - 620.00 EUR
[Latin America - Slavery] - 10 notarial deeds of sales in Neiva (New Granada), 1772 - 1816. Manus...
[Latin America - Slavery] - 10 notarial deeds of sales in Neiva (New Granada), 1772 - 1816. Manuscript documents on paper, 32 x 21 cm. With official stamps and various signatures. In good condition. From 1772 (4 pp.), 1776 (4 pp.), 1778 (6 pp.), 1780 (4 + 6 pp.), 1782 (4 pp.), 1792 (4 pp. + smaller receipt), 1802 (2 + 2 pp.), 1816 (2 pp.). € 370/620 Notarial deeds and tax receipts recording goods of deceased landowners in New Granada (covering present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador). Among those goods were slaves, referred to by age, gender, colour and a forename (e.g. 1778: 3 criollos: Maria de la Cruz Cobrerar, aged 24, Paula Cobrera, aged 15 and Rosalia, aged 6 !). Many owners were ecclesiastics (priests and monks). Those documents are extremely rare on the market.