Note XXIV-72 — Chapter XXIV · INDEPENDENCE OF THE ISTHMUS. 1801-1822.
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Soon after there were no slaves in the country. Bidwell's Isth. Pan., 32-3; Pan., Crón. Ofic., Jan. 22, March 29, Aug. 29, 1852; S. F. Daily Herald, Feb. 9, 1852. It was currently reported, and indeed with good foundation, that a plot was carried out by certain parties from Cartagena, in or about 1862, who ran off a number of colored men and women of Panamá to Cuba, where they were sold into slavery. Pan., Boletin Ofic., Nov. 27, 1862.