An enslaved woman in the household of Victoire Le Sassier, widow of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.
Born around 1795. Race is recorded as mulata.
Confirmed in Pensacola on May 7, 1798, by the Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, Rev. Luis Peñalver y Cardenas, where she is listed as the slave of Don Jose Noriega. Because the Bishop visited the area so infrequently, young people and converts of all ages were confirmed whenever the opportunity arose; thus there is no way to estimate her age just from this record. Mother was Genoveva, a negra woman enslaved in the same household. Father is not mentioned.
Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. She was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to him in 1813, described as being 18 years old, and a cook.
Deed of Manumission: 30 June 1832 – Antonia purchased her freedom from Mme. Le Sassier for $500. Described as mulatto, aged about 33 years. (Escambia Co. [FL] Deeds, B/411)
Mentioned in the 1833 will of Victoire Le Sassier as her former slave, indebted to Mme. Le Sassier in the amount of $175.
FAMILY:
Mother: Genoveva Noriega*
Brother: Francisco Noriega*
SOURCES:
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis, “Confirmation Lists for Pensacola and Fort Barrancas, 1798,” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 61-76.
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.]
Will of Victoire LeSassier, 10? APR 1833, Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 27 FEB 2021]