Collected Item: “Libertad - Freedom papers”
Title
Libertad - Freedom papers
Description
Digitised manuscript jpeg
Notarised record of Matilde O'Bourke buying her freedom from Marina O'Bourke, Cienfuegos, Cuba 1871.
Keyword: O'Bourke
The surname belongs to a woman of Irish origin and a woman of African origin. The Irish woman inherited ownership of the African woman.
The O'Bourke name came from Limerick and became a marker of property in people in Cuba.
Multiple diasporas and heritage.
Were they related?
Notarised record of Matilde O'Bourke buying her freedom from Marina O'Bourke, Cienfuegos, Cuba 1871.
Keyword: O'Bourke
The surname belongs to a woman of Irish origin and a woman of African origin. The Irish woman inherited ownership of the African woman.
The O'Bourke name came from Limerick and became a marker of property in people in Cuba.
Multiple diasporas and heritage.
Were they related?
Creation Date (dd/mm/yyyy)
24/01/2020
Publisher (if known)
Escribanía Sainz de Medina
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Margaret Brehony
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Slavery, manumission, race, gender, African diaspora, Cuba, enslaved woman, Irish women in Cuba, Irish enslavers,