Most blacks work in Cuba's rural areas,…

1540 CE to 1683 CE

Most blacks work in Cuba's rural areas, but some perform a variety of jobs in the cities.

A considerable number labor in artisan industries, in construction, in the wharves, and in domestic service.

Some are able to obtain their own earnings and thus liberate themselves or pay the price of their manumission.

Others are freed after they perform services their master is willing to reward.

The number of slaves will decrease continuously until reaching the low figure of thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, out of a total population of one hundred and seventy-one thousand six hundred and twenty in 1774.

The opportunities for slaves to become free contribute to the development of a uniquely Cuban society.

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Havana > La Habana Ciudad de la Habana Cuba View →

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Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Cuba (Spanish Colony) View → New Spain, Viceroyalty of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Encomienda system View →

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Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View →

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Labor and Service View → Government View →

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