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Language Latin Place Cuba, Americas Level [36] Series

1. EAP843/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP843/1/1
Title:
Libros de Bautismos de Pardos y Morenos (Baptismal Books for Brown and Black People)
Scope & Content:
Baptismal Registers for Brown and Black People were created by priests or scribes in order to record the event of baptism from free and enslaved people of African, Asian, or Indigenous descent. They are primarily written in Castillian Spanish with occasional insertions of Latin phrases or words....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1737-1826
Extent:
2887 TIFF images

2. EAP955/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/1/1
Title:
Bautismos de Color [1765-1895]
Scope & Content:
These bound volumes contain paragraph length entries for recording information of people who the Church classified "of colour." This was primarily a racial designation that was determined by skin color, the race of one's parents, and other factors. In Cuba, there were many ways to describe race ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1765-1895
Extent:
9319 TIFF images

3. EAP955/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/1/2
Title:
Bautismos de Blancos [1689-1874]
Scope & Content:
These bound volumes contain baptismal information on people that the church classified as "whites". All racial designations were inexact and contextually dependent assignation. In general, anyone born of white parents, whether on the Iberian peninsula, in Cuba, or elsewhere, was categorised as "...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1689-1874
Extent:
5095 TIFF images

4. EAP955/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/1/3
Title:
Entierros de Color [1800-1887]
Scope & Content:
These bound volumes are chronologically arranged and contain information of the death and burials of individuals who the Church categorised as "of colour". Most people were classified as one of the following: de color, pardo, moreno, pardo libre, moreno libre, esclavo, indio, mulatto, etc. These...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1800-1887
Extent:
1156 TIFF images

5. EAP955/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP955/3/3
Title:
Bautismos de Color [1809-1899]
Scope & Content:
These bound volumes contain paragraph length entries for recording information of people who the Church classified "of color." This was primarily a racial designation that was determined by skin color, the race of one's parents, and other factors. In Cuba, there were many ways to describe race t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Latin and Spanish
Date Range:
1809-1899
Extent:
801 TIFF images