TYPE: Documents (Loose)
ITEM ID: 2836

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Investigation into Death of Chinese Settlers

DATE
Year: 1868
Decade: 1860s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)

Record of the investigation initiated by the death of 84 Chinese settlers on their way to Cuba in the French ship “Guantanamo” in 1868. The archive contains:1. List of dead Chinese settlers killing the location (latitude and longitude), date.2. Research. Appointment of scribe, translator. Questions and answers from the captain, pilot, several sailors, the Spanish translator, the Chinese translator, the ship’s doctor and some Chinese settlers.