An enslaved woman of color in the household of Don Jose Tapiola in Pensacola, Florida.
Race is not recorded.
Appears in the 1817 baptismal record of her daughter, Felicita Margarita, from St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). The father was not mentioned in the baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
According to the 1820 Spanish census of Pensacola, Don Jose Tapiola was a shopkeeper born in Spain. His household included his wife and three children. (Enslaved people were not enumerated in this census.)
FAMILY:
Daughter: Felicita Margarita Tapiola*
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.
Coker, William S. and G. Douglas Inglis. “Census of Pensacola, 1820.” The Spanish Censuses of Pensacola, 1784-1820: A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Pensacola. The Perdido Bay Press, 1980, pp. 93-126.