Curaçaose vrijbrieven 1722-1863

"Comprises manumission letters from 1722 to abolition of slavery in 1863. Each description contains the name, age, sex, and race of the slave, reason for release, the amount paid, and name of the owner as far as is known. Compiler has consulted records from archives of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao dating from 1722-1845 (deposited in the Public Record Office in The Hague) and records from 1845-63 in the archive of the Ministry of Colonial Affairs. Includes indexes on names of freed men and women and their former owners"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.