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In Cuba in the 1850s, control over sexualities was fiercely contested between various aspiring colonial authorities. Claret, the new Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, tried to lift the ban on marriages between "unequal races." While he occasionally gained support among high-ranking officials, he also faced many opponents in different categories of white Cuban society, to such an extent that he was eventually recalled to Spain. This article examines these conflicts that highlight the critical issues involved in the "government of intimacy" in maintaining colonial order. Using the historical archives in Madrid, it analyzes the prelate's correspondence and complaints made against him. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the significance of family reconstitution method of slave and free families in province of La Havana in Cuba. It investigates the behavior of marriages in the province's two plantations including San Rafael founded by Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Rafael Armenteros and San José Recuerdo owned by Jacinto González Larrinaga. Family reconstitution is considered to be extremely useful in establishing the presence, strength and essential of family.