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  • Lot# : 857 Cuba

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    1825 (Feb. 7): Entire lettersheet from Martin Knight in Havanna, Cuba with black two line handstamp 'Colonies / par Nantes' to the in the Slave Trade well known Agency 'Herbert' (& Sallier) in Nantes, France, with interesting content: "Nous n'avons pas eu beaucoup d'arrivages en Mules qui se vendent façilement entres $220 à 400". 'Mules' is the pseudonym for Slaves. In 1807, both Britain and the United States (1808) banned the Atlantic slave trade. Unlike in the rest of the Americas, the 19th century European-descended Cuban elite did not form an anti-colonial movement.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold