Rosa Bonifay*

An enslaved woman in the household of Don Manuel Bonifay.

Race is recorded as mulata.

Appears in the 1819 baptismal record of her daughter at St. Michael’s in Pensacola (Spanish West Florida). The father was listed as unknown, though that usually meant the man did not want, or was unable, to acknowledge the child.

FAMILY:

Children: Maria Ursula Bonifay*


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.