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Cuban and Brazilian Slave Databases, 1769-1886 and 1707-1888 (ICPSR 39159)
Released/updated on: 2025-11-17
Geographic coverage: Minas Gerais, Cuba
Time period: 1769-01-01--1886-01-01, 1707-01-01--1888-01-01
The Cuban slave database consists of detailed demographic and economic data on 33,919 Cuban slaves between 1769 and 1886. These data were collected from the Notarial Protocols from Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago housed in the Archivo Nacional de Cuba in 1988.
The Brazilian slave database consists of detailed demographic and economic data on 119,963 Brazilian slaves from different locations in the province (now state) of Minas Gerais: Diamantina, Ouro Preto, Mariana, São João del Rei, and São José del Rei. The sources were the post-mortem inventories housed in the local archives in each of these cities.
Note that the data were hand transcribed from the archives mentioned above.