Gracia (Gratia)
d'Angola
Alternate First Name(s)
Gratia, Gracia, Garcia
User Tags:
justice
ID
1,660,238
Gender
Male
Occupation(s)
Half-Free Half-Enslaved (Half Citizens) - Freed Status
Slave - Enslaved person
Affiliation - Angola
Affiliation - African - African Descent
Ancestor Notes

One of the first slaves to arrive in Manhattan in August 1627, (formerly thought to have arrived in 1626). 

One of eleven slaves who were emancipated on February 25, 1644.

See the Original Grants and Farm Map and layers to find his property.

https://encyclopedia.nahc-mapping.org/original-grants-and-farms/gratia-dangola-1644-12-15

 

New York, New Amsterdam by Martine Gosselink