Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo | |
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Vicente Manuel de Céspedes y Velasco | |
Succeeded by | Bartolomé Morales |
Personal details | |
Born | 1738 Jaen, Andalusia (Spain) |
Died | 1798 |
Profession | Military officer and administrator (governor of Honduras and East Florida) |
Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada y Barnuevo Arrocha[1] (1738–1798)[2] was a military officer who served as Governor and intendant of Honduras between 1783 and 1789, and Governor of East Florida from July 1790 to March 1796.
Early life
De Quesada was born in 1738 at
Political career
De Quesada was appointed Governor and intendant of Honduras in 1783, and remained in this office until 1789, when he was replaced in the Honduran government by Alejo García Conde.[5]
In 1790 De Quesada was appointed Governor of East Florida by
After his arrival at
In the course of his service as governor of the province, De Quesada also obtained the titles of Vice Royal Patron, and
Slavery
De Quesada banned the recognition of runaway slaves who had fled from the American South to Florida seeking freedom. He had corresponded with Thomas Jefferson in 1791 on the matter of fugitive slaves coming from the southern United States. Through commissioner James Seagrove of Georgia, De Quesada wrote a letter initiating the agreement that stated any American slaveowner immigrating to Florida simply had to swear that they were the legitimate owners of the enslaved person for their ownership to be recognized.[11]
Death
He became ill in February 1796, and continued to serve as governor of East Florida only until March of that year, when he was succeeded by Bartolomé Morales. He died in 1798.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-253-34019-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-84-00-07351-0.
- ^ Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz y Mallén (1950). Historia de familias cubanas. Editorial Hércules. p. 261.
- ^ a b "Mitchell v. Furman, 180 U.S. 402 (1901)". Supreme.justia.com. Justia. 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ Rómulo E. Durón (April 14, 1906). "Dos libros de Historia: notas bibliográficas". Revista del Archivo y de la Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras (in Spanish). 2. Tipografía Nacional: 365.
- ISBN 978-1-59388-120-7.
- ^ Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1910. p. 54.
- ^ "Founders Online: To George Washington from Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada, 17 July …". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ISBN 978-0-8078-3493-0.
- ^ "Cathedral of St. Augustine: St. Augustine, Florida". NPS.gov. National Park Service, U.S.Department of the Interior. 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ "Founders Online: To Thomas Jefferson from Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada, 6 August …". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-25.