Maria Ursula (Bonifay)

I represent Maria Ursula, a girl of color enslaved in the household of Don Manuel Bonifay. I was baptised by Father Coleman at St. Michael’s on November 20, 1819, about a month after I was born. My mother was Rosa, a mulata woman enslaved in the same household, and it is by virtue of her enslaved status that I was born into slavery. My father is listed as no conocido or unknown – which usually meant the man did not want, or was unable, to acknowledge me.