An enslaved woman in the household of Salvador Ruby, a free man of color, in Pensacola, Florida.
Race is recorded as negra.
Appears in the 1820 baptismal record of her daughter, Maria Andrea, from St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Maria Andrea was baptized free, and Salvador Ruby signs to confirm the child’s freedom. The father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
Named in the 1823 will of Maria Carlota Ruby, the free woman of color who was Salvador’s consort and inherited his property upon his death. This will has several places where it was torn and not able to be recorded by the clerk, but there does not appear to be a specific bequest of the slaves she owned; rather, her estate was to be divided among her children.
FAMILY:
Child: Maria Andrea Ruby*
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 Maria Carlota Ruby, 14 SEP 1823. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 27 FEB 2021]