An enslaved female in the household of Don Pedro de Alba, Sr.
Race is not specified.
Amy was mentioned in the court documents associated with the divorce of Pedro de Alba and Victoire LeSassier as being a servant in the house of Don Pedro sometime between 1813 and 1819. He used to send her over to his wife when she requested Charlotte, her favorite servant, to wait upon her, saying Charlotte was busy. This fact was presented as a strike against Don Pedro in the divorce.
This Bill of Sale may or may not refer to the same enslaved female:
Bill of Sale: 4 September 1824 – sold by Pedro de Alba, Jr. to Henry Michelet, along with another enslaved female named Estephanie. Both are referred to as “mulatto girls,” and Amy is spelled “Aimée,” which would not be unusual in the multilingual society of Pensacola in 1824. Both young women are said to have been the same which de Alba purchased from Michelet previously, but the date of this earlier purchase is left blank, as if it were to have been filled in later but wasn’t. (As it refers to that bill of sale being kept in the archives, presumably it was done during Spanish rule, so before July 17, 1821.) To confirm this bill of sale refers to the same Amy, the age of both girls and the earlier purchase date would need to be discovered, as well as an instrument confirming the ownership (and/or legal ability to sell) of Pedro de Alba, Jr. The divorce proceedings indicate Amy was owned by Pedro de Alba, Sr., who was still living in 1824. (Escambia Co. [FL] Deeds A/269)
SOURCES:
Victoire Le Sassier v. Pedro de Alba, Florida State Supreme Court, 11 November 1831. In custody of Special Collections, John C. Pace Library, University of West Florida, Coker Film 102-2. [Transcription by Deborah Beagle Baldock, www.wfgs.org, 1 February 2021.]