Unnamed Enslaved Person (Gaines)

I represent an enslaved person in the household of Joab Gaines. We lived in the Escambia River District, which included both banks of the Escambia River from the Alabama line into present day Santa Rosa County, about 25-40 miles north of Pensacola as it existed in 1820. The Gaines household was part of an Anglo-American population that settled and farmed land in Spanish territory without permission of the Spanish government, but which was tolerated because it supplied Pensacola with produce. Joab Gaines was single and appears to have owned a moderate-sized farm with cattle and hogs. As with all enslaved persons in this census, no name or age was given for me.

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Race Negro
Address in 1821 Escambia River District, FL
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