Leandro Noriega*

An enslaved boy of color in the household of Victorie Le Sassier, widow of Lt. Col. Jose Noriega.

Born around 1812. Race is not recorded.

Appears in the Bill of Complaint for Divorce between Madame Victoire and her second husband, Don Pedro de Alba, Sr. Leandro was listed among the property Mme. Le Sassier owned before her marriage to de Alba in 1813; he was described as the child of Esther, a negra woman enslaved in the same household, a year and a half old.

He is among the property bequeathed to Emilie Hubbell in the 1833 will of Victoire Le Sassier.

FAMILY:

Mother: Esther Noriega*

Siblings: Manuel Noriega* and Charlotte Noriega*