Legislation on Free Soil in Nineteenth-Century Spain: The Case of the Slave Rufino and Its Consequences (1858–1879)

Casares, Aurélia Martín; Barranco, Margarita García

doi:10.1080/0144039x.2011.588482

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“…This measure was as scarcely known to the affected slaves as it was respected by the owners and, in the remote cases of existing litigation, its resolution would be a long time coming, as occurred with another Antillean slave, also called Rufino, who in 1854 was brought from Puerto Rico to the Balearic Islands by a Mallorcan priest and whose case is better known (Díaz Soler, 1970, p. 230;Lucena Salmoral, 2005, p. 334;Martín Casares and García Barranco, 2011). 23 The transfer to the mainland of the 'Negro José Rufino Parra y Marrero' "as a freedman at the disposal of His Majesty" was confirmed at the beginning of 1838, bound for the port of Cádiz and accompanied by a "reserved documented letter" from the governor of Cuba "explaining the special reasons on which they had based their decision."…”

Section: From Slave To Freedman: Round Trip To the Mainland 1838mentioning

confidence: 99%

Slave and convict: José Rufino Parra’s double sentence in the Antilles and mainland Spain

González-Ripoll

2022

Cult. Hist. Digit. J.

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This paper addresses the adversities of a slave in 19th century Cuba who was considered dangerous because of his education; the suspicious claim of the owner; the slave’s arrest between Cuba, Spain, and Puerto Rico, and the defence of the rights to which he was entitled. The scant but interesting documentation on the misfortune of José Rufino Parra raises many issues regarding the daily relationships between masters and slaves; the unheard-of relationship between a black man and a white woman; the conservation of family honour, and the importance of education and family for slaves within an unjust colonial system, which, despite injustices, did offer opportunities to defend themselves.

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Section: From Slave To Freedman: Round Trip To the Mainland 1838mentioning

confidence: 99%