By Elissa B.G. Mullins A recently cataloged manuscript offers a grim window into the 19th-century slave trade. The account book of the Havana customs house for January-April 1825 (Post-1650 MS 0878) records daily details of Cuba’s imports and exports, including the import of enslaved persons. I did not immediately register that the abbreviation “escl.” that […]
Month: June 2025
Havana customs house account book for 1825
June 15, 2025