Paulo
d'Angola
User Tags:
justice
ID
1,660,221
Gender
Male
Occupation(s)
Slave - Enslaved person
Slave - Enslaved person - DWIC
Half-Free Half-Enslaved (Half Citizens) - Freed Status
Affiliation - Angola
Affiliation - African - African Descent
Family
Sons
Antonio d'Angola (ID: 1609,000,170)
Spouses | Marriages
Spouse Marriage
Dorothy Creole (ID: 660,077) 1,660,221 - 660,077 d'Angola - Creole
Ancestor Notes

One of the first slaves to arrive in Manhattan in 1626. 1
One of eleven slaves who were emancipated on February 25, 1644.

See this link from the New York Historical Society for a biography of Paulo's wife, Dorothy Creole:
http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/PDFs/Life_Stories.pdf

Please visit the New York Historical Society website for additional reading and educational materials:
https://www.nyhistory.org/web/
 

1 New York, New Amsterdam by Martine Gosselink