An enslaved boy of color in the household of Don Miguel Quigles in Spanish Pensacola.
Born 24 October 1819. Race is not recorded.
Baptized 4 December 1819 by Father James Coleman at St. Michael’s Parish (Spanish Pensacola). Mother was Ursula, a negra woman enslaved in the same household. Father was listed as unknown in baptismal record (this usually meant the father was unwilling or unable to acknowledge the child).
In 1826, Maria Prieto, the wife of Don Miguel, sold to Luis Maestre Ursula and her three children: Pedro, 9 years old; Josephine, 3 years old; and Genevova, 5 months. There is no mention of Rafael or a child the right age to be him. The 1829 will of Louis Maestre does not give the names of the enslaved people he counted among his property, but he does describe a Black woman and her three children, which is probably Ursula and the three children that came with her.
FAMILY:
Mother: Ursula Quigles*
Siblings: Andres Quigles* and Juana Francisca Quigles*
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.
Escambia County, Florida Deed Records: A/420 dated 20 JUN 1826
Will of Luis Maestre, 16 FEB 1829. Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 [accessed 22 OCT 2023].