Marcelino (de Villiers)

I represent Marcelino, a boy of color enslaved in the household of Col. Don Jean Marcos Coulon de Villiers. I was baptized by Diego de Alcala Vasquez, chaplain, at St. Michael’s on May 30, 1819, over six months after my birth. My mother was Sily, a morena woman enslaved in the same household. I was born into slavery by virtue of her enslaved status. My father is not mentioned, which usually means that the man either did not want or was not able to acknowledge me.