Luis Fatio Pacheco (December 26, 1800 – January 6, 1895) was an Afro-Spanish enslaved person who became known in 19th century Spanish Florida for his connection to the Black Seminole community.
Pacheco was born December 26, 1800, on the New Switzerland plantation of Francis Philip Fatio Sr.—an associate and possibly a partner in Panton, Leslie, & Company.
Pacheco's father Adam was considered a skilled slave, having worked as a carpenter, boat builder, and driver he was noted as an intelligent and ambitious man.
This is where he skill for learning multiple languages developed by the time he reached adulthood he knew French, Spanish, and English.
After the death of Antonio Pacheco, his wife leased him out to Captain John Casey of the U.S. military to work as an interpreter against the Seminole Indians.
[7] The battle (sometimes called the Dade massacre) was an 1835 military defeat for the United States Army and is often recognized as the beginning of the Second Seminole War.
As part of this campaign, a column of 110 soldiers under the command of Major Francis L. Dade were dispatched from Fort Brooke and eventually ambushed by 180 Seminole warriors on December 28, 1835.
In 1845 Marcellus Duval and his brother attempted to obtain all of the Black Seminoles set free in New Orleans, including Luis Fatio Pacheco.