Cayo Cádiz

In 1860, 562 enslaved African(s) were “liberated” in a state-run scheme usually resulting in involuntary indentures, conscription, or re-enslavement. Under the jurisdiction of 10, Case ID LA-E-3655 occurred via the Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana

Case Details
RegID LA-E-3655
Case Name Cayo Cádiz
Year 1860
Government Department Ministerio de Ultramar, Reino de España
Court Capitanía General de la Isla de Cuba, Havana
Trial Outcome Condemned
Enslaved Total 987
Liberated Africans Total 562
Registered Total 24
Notes Register taken in 1866. Lucumí.
Sources Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Gobierno Superior Civil, leg. 920, no. Z "Relación de los negros emancipados consignados para el Excmo Ayuntamiento y con destino al ramo de calles," 13 Jul. 1866; Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Gobierno Superior Civil, leg. 920, no. Z "Relación de los negros emancipados consignados al Exmo. Ayuntamiento destinados al Rastro de Ganado Menor," 12 Jul. 1866; Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Gobierno Superior Civil, leg. 920, no. Z "Relación de los emancipados que consignación el Exmo. Ayunt. desde la Capital," 12 Jul. 1866; Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Gobierno Superior Civil, leg. 920, no. Z "Relación de los emancipados que consignación el Exmo. Ayunt. desde la Capital," 23 Oct. 1866; Inés Roldán de Montaud, “En los borrosos confines de la libertad: el caso de los negros emancipados en Cuba, 1817-1870,” Revista de Indias 71 (2011): 160; Inés Roldán de Montaud, “La diplomacia británica y la abolición del tráfico de esclavos cubanos: una nueva aportación,” Revista complutense de historia de América 2 (1981): 219-50; SlaveVoyages, www.slavevoyages.org (accessed 2020), Voyage ID: 4366.
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Event Details
X Capture -8960186.607504
Y Capture 2658046.976631
Ship Status Liberated Africans
Date of departure from a place or port in Africa generally following the purchase of enslaved people. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known.
Region of departure from Africa. Required entry. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Western Bight
Place or port of departure from Africa, if known. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN Ouidah
Capture date at sea or on land, if known. Date of the sentence. Include YYYY-MM-DD, if known.
Location Cayo Cádiz
Navy Spain
Ship
Captain
Supporting Ships
Sentence Date
Date of arrival to the place where the trial, purchase, or asylum occurred, resulting in "liberation" and indenture. Includes YYYY-MM-DD, if known. 1860-10-03
Region of arrival around the world. Required field. For more information about the geographical hierarchy used in this digital resource, please refer to AfricanRegions.org. Other regions outside of Africa include, Western Europe, East Coast of North America, etc. Caribbean
Place or port of arrival around the world. Required field. A controlled vocabulary for place names are associated with geographic coordinates using Google Maps Global Mercator EPSG:900913. See https://epsg.io/transform#s_srs=4326&t_srs=900913&x=NaN&y=NaN Havana
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