Juan Cortada y Quintana

Juan Cortada y Quintana (c. 1820 – 22 August 1889[6]) was a Puerto Rican politician, businessman, and landowner.

[10] Some sources confirm that Cortada in fact owned 28 slaves in 1872, one year before the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico.

After some financial troubles, and with the death of his first wife, Cortada ceded the ownership of the Hacienda Descalabrado to his two young sons, Juan and Eduardo.

[12] Cortada, together with his brother Ramón, was also in the money-lending business, lending capital to 11 other hacendados in the area.

Cortada's municipal assembly consisted of: Rafael Pujals, Federico Capo, Jose Antonio Renta, Celedonio Besosa, Olimpio Otero, Lazaro Martinez, Marcos Fugurull (padre/father), Juan Jose Mayoral, Guillermo Oppenheimer, and Gustavo Cabrera.