Eliza

Gender: female
Race: black
Age Category: adult
Age (when this record was documented): 0.0
Other comments: Robbed house, burned it, planned to run away to Ohio with instigation and help of US deserter John Collins. Cupid gave gold to Collins to make rings. Rich testimony about attitudes of slaves.

Selling Information
Name of the Seller: Stewart Ellis & (owner)

Document: Information of the document that these records were retrieved.
Document Location: East Baton Rouge. Includes Spanish West Florida Papers
Document Date: 1808-10-11
Document Number (from the document): p. 131
Notary Name: Sp. W. Fla Vol. XIII
Coder (person that encoded this record: Gwendolyn Hall
Type of document:
Any documents involving maroons, including reports of runaways, interrogation of caputred runaways, and testimony by slaves about runaways: yes
Language: Spanish
Is this document of linguistic interest?: no
Is this inventory or sale of an estate of a free person of African descent?: no

Skill and Trade Information

Personality

Family Information
Was this slave inventoried with his/her mother?: no
Was this slave sold with his/her mother?: no
Name of the mate: Cupid

Importation Information
Was this slave being emancipated?: no
Slave listed as dead?: yes
: Slave had actually run away