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Abbott, Mary, 146 Aberdeen, Earl of, 124 Abernathy, John J., 39 Abraham (Black Seminole), 130 Acosta, Domingo, 59 Acosta, George, 18 Acosta, Margarita, 18. See also Madalina; Rose Acosta, Sarah, 11, 30, 47, 62 Adams, Henry, 147 Adams-Onís Treaty: and free blacks, 4, 88–89, 92, 107, 151; and women, 15 Addison, Thomas, 116 Álvarez, Antonio, 89 Amistad (ship), 136 Amos (slave of William H. Williams), 129, 136 Ancient City. See St. Augustine Andreu, Michael, 82–83, 88, 90, 92, 99–100 Andrew, John, 63 Andrew, Thomas J., 15, 44 Aponte, José Antonio, 127–28 Arnow, Esteban (Estevan): Patriot War claims testimony of, 17–20, 26, 30, 66–71, 79–81, 97–99, 111–12; Prince Witten’s administrator , 82; prisoner during Patriot War, 98 Arnowe, James: escape from Fernandina, 65– 66; Patriot War claims testimony of, 81, 87, 98–100, 108 Arnowe, Joseph, 51–52 Arredondo, Fernando de la Maza, 25, 44, 68, 89 Ashe, James, 119, 122 Ashley, Lodovic, 36, 49 Ashton, John, 46 Atkinson, Andrew, 21 Aubril, Father Edmond, 153–55 Aury, Louis Michel, 59 Avery, Isaac, 131 Bacchus, Isaac: 86–88, 98, 103–5 Backhouse, Thomas, 80 Bahamas: as sanctuary for slaves, 7, 118– 27, 135–40; and slave marriages 140; and Seminole diplomacy, 135; as U.S. security threat, 136–38 Baker, Catherine, 14–16 Barcelona, Bishop Cyril de, 160 Bardin, John, 45 Bardin, William, 21, 37, 41, 43, 45, 102, 104 Baya, Joseph, 17–19, 46, 67–68 Baya, Susan. See Loring, Susan Baya, Tony, 148 Ben (slave of Joseph Simeon Sánchez), 137 Benet, Betsy, 158 Benet, Hannah, 145 Bergallo, José, 103 Berrie, William, 39 Bethune, Farquhar, 55, 62, 127. See also Roger Biassou, Jorge, 128 Bicenty, John, 130–31 Black, John, 25, 46, 48 Black, William, 31 Bowden, John M.: defense of Seminoles, 56; early life, 82; Patriot War claims testimony of, 12–13, 20, 31, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, 90–91, 99–100, 104–5; protest of U.S. rule, 30 Bowles, William Augustus, 128 Boyé, Henrietta, 131, 135 Index 220 / Index Braddock, John D., 24, 35, 45, 48 Braddock, William, 35, 49 Brass (slave of William H. Williams), 129, 136 Brazil, Allen, 45 British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 122, 124 Broadnax, William, 14, 52, 55 Bronson, Judge Isaac H.: as immigrant to East Florida, 82; and Lafayette salvage case, 139; and Patriot War claims cases, 9–10, 14, 18, 24, 27, 52, 56, 60, 86–88, 107–8; and Prince Witten, 84–86, 92; racist bias of, 85–88, 92, 98, 102–3, 107–8, 112; and women ’s rights, 15 Broward, John, 24 Browne, Marshal Joseph B., 123–25, 140 Bryant, William Cullen, 143 Bunch, John, 37, 112–13, 114, 116–17 Bunch, Mrs. John, 71 Caesar, John, 130 Calhoun, John C., 125, 138 Call, Gov. Richard Keith, 136 Cana Sanctuary, 3, 76, 155, 164 Canova, Amanda (Hermana), 154 Canova, Handy, 154 Canova, Jane, 154–55 Canova, Rafael B., 143 Canovas, Antonio, 69 Capella, Andrew, 63–64 Capern, Rev. Henry, 124 Capo, Antonio, 64 Capo, Gabriel, 91 Capo, Peter, 79 Cardona, Ynocencio, 60 Carreras, John, 67, 85 Cashen, James, 38, 57–58, 60 Cashen, Susan. See Murphy, Susan Cashen Castillo (slave of Depeyster family), 130 Castro, Bartolomé, 144 Catholicism: and black freedom, 1–2, 4, 6, 75, 87–88, 94, 96, 113, 117, 131–32, 151, 157; and black identity, 4, 151, 159, 163; and Christian paternalism, 152, 156, 159, 161–62; and protection of black families, 2–3, 7–8, 75– 76, 132–33, 141, 144, 151, 153–63; and Protestantism , 151–52; reinvigorated presence in St. Augustine, 153, 158; as threat to slave society , 3, 4, 154–55, 163–64 Center, George, 143 Cercopoly, Domingo, 99–100, 105 Chevalier, John, 39 Christopher, John B., 109 Christopher, Lewis, 24, 36 Christopher, Samuel S., 49 Christopher, Spicer, 24–25, 38, 45, 48 Clarke, Charles W.: biracial family of, 86, 96, 108; business enterprises of, 17; defense of Seminoles, 61; free black employees of, 17; government service of, 17, 108; and Patriot destruction of cattle, 26, 45; as Patriot prisoner , 38–39; Patriot War claims testimony of, 11, 39, 65, 77, 91, 96–98, 103–4 Clarke, George, 87–88, 98–99, 104–6 Clarke, George D., 158 Clarke, George J. F.: biracial family of, 9–10, 107–8, 143, 145; business enterprises of, 10, 12–13, 16–17, 20–22, 26; death of, 82; defense of Seminoles, 61; early life, 82; free black employees of...

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