‘As a slave woman and as a mother’: women and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro*

Cowling, Camillia

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“…The Depósito was another of the institutions that played a fundamental role in the legal processes, since the emancipated had to enter immediately upon appearing in any court. Those residents of the city of Havana entered the Central Depot of Emancipados, 13 while those who were in other regions of the country were in the maroon deposits of said regions, as demonstrated by the case files in Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santi Espíritus, just to mention a few examples.…”

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“…At the same time, this article makes us think, from a gender perspective, about the complexities of the Cuban slave society. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]…”

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“…The trustees were public servants who acted as the protectors of the slaves and who were supposed to know how to decide in the first case on the validity of their claims 13. National Archive of Cuba, Havana (ANC), Miscellaneous Files, lez.…”

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Emancipated women in Cuba: strategies of freedom and motherhood inside of the conflict

Martí

2024

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Inspector was the first step to initiate any claim process. 2 In accordance with the provisions of the law, certain issues had to be clarified in the lawsuit initiated by Mariana. For example: with respect to the slave expedition in which he had arrived on the Island, he had to specify the name of the captain of the expedition ship, the place where the disembarkation took place and its date, and the date on which the Government Superior of the Island had declared the expedition exempt from its dependence. 3 1 National Archive of Cuba, Havana (ANC), Miscellany of Files, leg. 3642, no. H. Prepared file of order of the Sr. Colonel Lieutenant Governor in investigation of whether the emancipated black woman Mariana Bravo corresponds to the class of emancipated, according to the same statement in the application presented to the aforementioned Superior Authority. Trinity, 1878. 2 On September 23, 1817, a treaty was signed with the government of Madrid that marked the transition from simple debt, stipulated in 1814 in Vienna, to prohibition. In this new agreement, Spanish subjects are prohibited from dealing with the slave trade, immediately to the north of the Ecuador, leaving a period of six months for the expeditions begun to conclude their journeys, and allowing their continuation to the south of the Ecuador, until the May 30, 1820. The agreement also implied the commitment to deliver a certificate of emancipation in favor of the Africans who were on board. This situation caused the legal birth of the emancipated people in Cuba, which was specifically born in 1824 with the capture of the first brig. There were emancipated people in several European countries dependent on colonial metropolises, but the majority settled in Sierra Leone, Brazil and Cuba; although a significant segment of those liberated by the Mixed Commission in Havana went to Jamaica, Trinidad and Belize. In the case of Cuba, no certificate of emancipation has been found in the National Archives; apparently the document that replaces it is the document known as Filiation of signs particulars, delivered at the time of the sentence and in which the name, vessel and number of the expedition to which it belonged, consignee and other personal details of the body. 3 The study of the legal actions or claims processes undertaken by the emancipated in Cuba is part of the project of the Slavery Studies Group in Cuba, which is based in the Don Fernando Ortiz House of Higher Studies of the University of Havana and forms part of the 2nd chapter of my master's thesis: The legal actions of the emancipated in Cuba (1824 -1886) (Unpublished). In this way, we worked with: Files to prove emancipated status, Files requesting letters of freedom, Files for complaints against the consignees. In this work, the various actions of the emancipated people will be examined with the support of

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“…At the same time, this article makes us think, from a gender perspective, about the complexities of the Cuban slave society. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]…”

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“…Both countries engaged in gruesome human rights violations at the expense of people of colour (Lopez-Levy 2011;Oldfield 2012). These violations are evident in both countries' involvement in the slave trade (Cowling 2011;Oldfield 2012). In 1492, Cuba's indigenous Tainos population was forced to endure harsh labour conditions and was massacred to near extermination by the Christopher Columbus regime (Canton 2000;Carew 1996).…”

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Talking about Race in Cuba: Four Trans-Atlantic African Diaspora Women Share Their Experience

Moore¹,

McDowell²,

Watson³

et al. 2015

International Journal of Cuban Studies

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Descendants of the African Diaspora have encountered different challenges to well-being within their respective countries. In Cuba, it appears that while the Cuban Revolution attempted to level the outcomes for all citizens, Black Cubans remain marginalised and targets of discrimination. We, three African American and one Black Cuban women researchers, used a roundtable approach to analyse our experiences in Cuba. Using our individual reflections as data, the four of us sought to make meaning of cultural identity and expression within Cuba, and impact on well-being. Implications of this work can inform interventions for well-being of multiple African Diasporic populations in North and South America.

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Une histoire d’un autre futur: La fin de l’esclavage au Brésil et les attentes de droits des esclaves (années 1870-années 1880)

Lima¹

2019

Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales

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RésumésLa lente dissolution puis l’abolition de l’esclavage au Brésil (en 1888) ont produit des transformations majeures dans les relations sociales et de travail au cours de la seconde moitié du xixe siècle. Cet article aborde une dimension importante mais rarement discutée de ce paysage changeant, à savoir les attentes que les esclaves et les anciens esclaves projetaient sur le monde postémancipation. Les sources mobilisées sont formées par un nombre choisi d’affaires judiciaires prenant place au Sud du Brésil et liées aux relations de travail, à la garde des enfants, à l’accès à une compensation financière et à d’autres conflits quotidiens, que les anciens esclaves ont présentées devant les tribunaux brésiliens en intentant un procès contre leurs anciens maîtres – les employeurs, voire les administrateurs publics dans les années précédant l’abolition. À travers une lecture attentive de ces documents, l’article examine les attentes de droits – en particulier les droits sociaux, mais aussi les droits du travail, politiques et reproductifs – qui ont guidé les actions individuelles et collectives des anciens esclaves dans la sphère publique, et la façon dont ces attentes ont été confrontées aux réalités de l’émancipation au Brésil.

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‘As a slave woman and as a mother’: women and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro*

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Emancipated women in Cuba: strategies of freedom and motherhood inside of the conflict

Emancipated women in Cuba: strategies of freedom and motherhood inside of the conflict

Talking about Race in Cuba: Four Trans-Atlantic African Diaspora Women Share Their Experience

Une histoire d’un autre futur: La fin de l’esclavage au Brésil et les attentes de droits des esclaves (années 1870-années 1880)

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