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Runaway slaves wed
Source: Fort Mose: Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose #103
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Thomas and his first wife were Congo slaves. Thomas belonged to Don Francisco Chrisostomo, and his wife, Ana Maria Ronquillo, to Juan Nicolas Ronquillo. The couple married in St. Augustine in 1745. Pedro Graxales, a Congo slave and his legitimate wife, Maria de la Concepcion Hita, a Caravali slave, were the godparents at the wedding. By 1759, Thomas was a free widower living at Mose. The next year, he and Maria Francisca were wed. By that time, Thomas’s godfather, Pedro Graxales, was also living at Mose as a free man, but Pedro’s wife and at least four children remained slaves in St. Augustine. (Landers FM 26)
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