Juana Solam, Second Spanish Period, 1787

Juana Solam was sold to a plantation in Havana, being forced to leave her two small children in the hands of her brutal owner in St. Augustine. Rather than accept this fate, Juana drowned her children in a well the night before her departure. She avoided execution once the true nature of her owner’s deviance was made public; however, she was forced to wear and iron collar for the next 6 years. She must have spent the rest of her life wearing her anguish in her heart.