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Contract of indentured servitude between Chinese colono Chy Anung and Vargas y Compañía
- Title
- Contract of indentured servitude between Chinese colono Chy Anung and Vargas y Compañía : printed text and manuscript.
- Author
- Compañía Asiática de La Habana, creator.
- Publication
- Macao, 1858 October 18.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | folder MssCol 186297 | Text | Restricted use | MssCol 186287 folder MssCol 186297 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Vargas y Compañía.
- Description
- 1 item (2 pages); 41 x 27 cm
- Summary
- This document, issued by the Compañía Asiática de La Habana, is a work contract and certificate of identity (cédula) for 22-year-old Chy Anung of Yn Cong, a Chinese laborer hired at the Portuguese colony of Macao, China, for eight years of indentured servitude in Cuba. From about 1847 to 1874, such workers, called colonos asiáticos, were transported by merchants in large numbers. The text of the printed form, completed on each side in manuscript, is in Spanish on the front and in Chinese characters on the back. In addition to the worker's name and residence, it provides the Spanish forename assigned to him (Honorato), his identification number (9527), and the name of the ship to Havana (Maria Elizabeth). The document sets forth the terms of transportation to Cuba and conditions of employment there, as contracted between the worker and Vargas y Compañía, representing the firm Compañía Unida Torices, Ferrán y Dupierris, or anyone holding the contract. It is signed by L[ourenço] Marques, Procurador; by Nicasio Cañete y Moral, the Spanish Consul in China; by Vargas y Compañía; and by Chy Anung, as shown by two Chinese characters representing his last name 崔 above his first name 明, and his fingerprint. These are repeated under the printed translation on the back, containing manuscript characters identifying his age and town of origin. Also noted there are four transfers of Chy Anung's contract between March 1859 and January 1861: from M[arcial] Dupierris to Fermín Morales, from Morales to Ramón Jaquete, from Jaquete to the Sociedad de Pardiñas y Rivas, and from José A. Pardiñas to Isidro Rivas.
- Subjects
- Foreign workers, Chinese
- Indentured servants
- Contract labor
- Chinese
- Cuba
- History
- China
- 1800-1899
- Forms (documents)
- Contracts
- Certificates
- Cuba > History > 1810-1899
- Foreign workers, Chinese > Cuba > History > 19th century
- Indentured servants > Cuba > History > 19th century
- Contract labor > Cuba > History > 19th century
- Chinese > Cuba > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- Certificates.
- Contracts.
- Forms (documents)
- History.
- Note
- A vignette appears under the name Compañía Asiática de la Habana at top, showing, from left to right, a sailing ship, a standing man in Chinese clothing, and a man in Western clothing, hoeing the land.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Geographicus Rare Antique Maps;
- Language (note)
- In Spanish and Chinese.
- Call Number
- MssCol 186297
- OCLC
- 1411854184
- Author
- Compañía Asiática de La Habana, creator.
- Title
- Contract of indentured servitude between Chinese colono Chy Anung and Vargas y Compañía : printed text and manuscript.
- Production
- Macao, 1858 October 18.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Language
- In Spanish and Chinese.
- Source
- Purchase; Geographicus Rare Antique Maps; 2023.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Added Author
- Vargas y Compañía.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 186297