These documents from 19th century Cuba register the freedom pleads of the enslaved people Micaela Viné and Gerónimo Díaz. Full of officialese, these cases show how some enslaved Cubans had to deal with bureaucracy and structural racism to be granted their freedom. The Hay is processing these and more documents related to the institution of … Material of the Week: Freedom Cases of Micaela Viné and Gerónimo Díaz