I represent Maria, a mulata woman enslaved in the household of Don Manuel Gonzalez (there were three men by the name of Manual Gonzalez living in Pensacola in 1820, but only two were referred to as Don; researchers have not yet confirmed which one was my owner).
I appear in my daughters’ 1820 and 1821 baptismal records from St. Michael’s. Maria Juana and Luisa Ursula were born into slavery by virtue of my enslaved status, and their father was listed as no conocido (unknown) – though this usually means the man either did not want, or was unable, to acknowledge the child.