An enslaved boy in the household of Doña Constanza Tala, wife of Don Pedro de Alba, Jr.
Born 4 July 1821. Race is not recorded.
Baptized 29 July 1821 by Father James Coleman at St. Michael’s Parish in Pensacola. Mother was listed as Maria Rosa, a negra woman enslaved in the same household. Father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child.)
Maria Rosa, Luis Felix, and Luis Laureano, are all listed in the 1835 will of Don Pedro de Alba among the property he left to his grandson, Juan de Alba. Laureano and his mother, Maria Rosa, were sold to Zenon Suchet on 1 October 1839. They were identified as Marie Rose, aged about 40; and Lauranio, a mulatto aged about 19. They were among six slaves sold to Suchet for “the use and benefit of [John de Alba’s] wife, Eugenie Suchet de Alba.” [Escambia County Deed Book G, page 104, dated 1 October 1839].
Felix was sold to Zenon Suchet on 30 October 1839 for $102. He was described as a Negro boy of about 16 years of age, of black complexion. (The deed acknowledged that he was still encumbered by the mortgage of September 1839.) [Escambia County, Florida Deed Book G, page 104, dated 30 October 1839.]
FAMILY:
Mother: Maria Rosa de Alba*
Brother: Luis Felix de Alba*
Sister: Marcelina de Alba*
SOURCES:
Records of St. Michael’s Parish, Pensacola, FL, Book III: Baptisms of People of Color, 1817 – 1882. University of West Florida Archives and West Florida History Center. 22 SEP 2021.
Will of Don Pedro de Alba, 1 April 1835. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 1 FEB 2021]