An enslaved woman in the household of Don Pedro de Alba.
Born around 1795. Race is recorded as mulata.
First mentioned in 1819 in the court documents associated with the case of F.T. Commyns vs. E. Latady, where she was listed among the property given by Don Pedro de Alba to his son Don Pedro de Alba, Jr. on the eve of his wedding to Constance de Tala in 1817. She was said to be 22 years old at that time.
Don Pedro’s will of April of 1835 counts a woman named Isadore among the property he left to his grandson, Juan de Alba. While Isadore is the French version of Ysidra, it is possible this was a different woman who appeared on an 1825 slave manifest for Pedro de Alba in New Orleans. That woman was 23 years old and of yellowish complexion.
Deed of Manumission: 15 September 1835 – Don Pedro de Alba freed a slave named Isadora, about 29 years old, for the sum of $500 paid by Alexander L. Lamb. De Alba states that she was raised in his household from infancy and was a slave for life. (Escambia Co. [FL] Deeds, C/167) It is unclear whether this woman is also the one from the 1825 slave manifest.
SOURCES:
F.T. Commyns vs. E. Latady. Escambia County Court Case No. 2842 CA-01 (1819)
Will of Don Pedro de Alba, 1 April 1835. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 1 FEB 2021]
The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807-1860; Microfilm Serial: M1895; Microfilm Roll: 18. Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manifests, 1807-1860[database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.