Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

67 67 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—PERU.) Agreement to purchase two slaves in early colonial Peru—will illustrations of the brands on their legs. 2 manuscript pages, 12 1 / 4 x 8 3 / 4 inches, on one sheet, signed by Pedro Munoz; stitch holes in margin, later red pencil mark, minor edge wear. Arequipa, Peru, 1561 [500/750] States the obligation of Pedro Munoz of Arequipa, Peru to pay Gaspar Gómez 370 pesos for two female slaves once they arrive in La Paz, described as two light-skinned mulattos, with their brands illustrated in the text of the document: one an upside-down sign of Venus, repeated on the other with the addition of something like a heart: “dos mulatos rucias que en una tiene un hierro en una pierna de esta manera [brand] y la otra an la pierna izquierda con dos hierros de esta forma [two brands].” 68 c   (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—CUBA.) Group of 9 Cuban manumission documents. Manuscript documents, each 12 1 / 4 x 8 1 / 2 inches, each with signatures of officials and inked official stamps; untrimmed, stitch holes in left margins, moderate browning and offsetting. Cuba, July to August 1873 [500/750] These documents predate the 1886 abolition of slavery in Cuba. Each one names the slaveholder and one or more slaves: Brigida, aged 24; a family of six led by “Teresa de Africa,” aged 40; José, aged 48; Lucia, aged 15; Bartolo, aged 32; Clotilde, aged 21; Adolpho Segundo, aged 37; and Celestina, aged 33. Most of them are described as “morena criolla,” or “negro de Africa,” but one 8-year-old girl of Chinese ancestry, Caridad Dangaud, was described as “color achinado.” Also included as a tenth document is one non-manumission regarding “el moreno libre Clemente Dupuy.” SLAVERY IN LATIN AMERICA: LOTS 67 - 70