Academics race to save rare colonial documents in Cuba
Academics race to save rare colonial documents in Cuba
Chris Gillette, Associated Press Updated 6:19 am, Monday, January 16, 2017
HAVANA (AP) — An American team of academics is racing to preserve millions of Cuban historical documents before they are lost to the elements and poor storage conditions.
Many of the documents shed light on the slave trade, an integral part of Cuba's colonial history that was intertwined with that of the United States.
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Their latest project is a partnership between the British Library Foundation and Vanderbilt University to capture almost 2 million documents in digital form, a treasure trove stretching back to the mid-16th century of documents about early island life and the slave trade.
David Lafevor said there is nothing like Cuba's documents in the U.S., where slaves were considered possessions, not human beings.
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