Ana (“Nancy”) Cazenave

I represent Ana (“Nancy”) Cazenave, a free woman of color. I am mentioned in Jean Baptiste Cazenave’s 1825 will as the mother of his six natural children, a mulatresse, or mulata. 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. Jean Baptiste was a Frenchman and part owner of the Tivoli High House, the main entertainment venue in Spanish Pensacola. Sometime before 1827, Jean Baptiste died, leaving me a widow with six children. The Tivoli lot was sold for unpaid taxes to Joseph Noriega in 1827.