Bonaire’s civil register records a second marriage for Carolus Paulus in Rincon. The record identifies him as a widower, showing family histories continued through loss and remarriage as well as descent.
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What does the archive preserve most clearly about Steba’s Aruba work?
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The archive records job and presence, but not a full first-person account or complete working terms.
The family article states that enslaved fathers had limited legal recognition in the colonial records.
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The article explains that enslaved men could not legally acknowledge children in the same way as freeborn or manumitted individuals.