Delaida Boteis

I represent Delaida Boteis, a free negra woman born in Africa. At the time of the 1820 census of Pensacola, I was 30 years old and living in the household of Benito Garcia, a pulpero, which can be translated as grocer or tavern-keeper. We had 2 children together. Families of mixed ethnicity like ours were quite common in Spanish West Florida, as the Spanish did not have the same social taboos as Anglo-American society.