Abolitionist, woman from Port-au-Prince
The citizen Jeanne Odo at the tribune, 1794, by French painter Nicolas-André Monsiau . Jeanne Odo or citizen Andotte was born in Port-au-Prince [1] and was a former slave, an abolitionist of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti ), and a supercentenarian .
Aged 114, she presented herself to the National Convention in Paris and called for the abolition of slavery.[2] [3]
She was enthusiastically received, accompanied by a delegation of Blacks, at the Jacobin Club by the deputies François Louis Bourdon de l'Oise, Chabot, Maximilien de Robespierre , Jeanbon Saint-André , Legendre, Maure, and other members on June 3, 1793. Everyone applauded when Chabot swore solidarity with Black people .[4]
The insurrection of the slaves of Saint-Domingue continued in Paris. The free People of Color entered the convention and demanded the abolition of slavery in the colonial empire of Ancien Régime . Jeanne Odo is seen in the gallery with a young girl.
See also
References ^ Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860, vol. Volume 1; Volume 66, Librairie administrative de P. Dupont, 1904 (read here), p.57 ^ "Jeanne Odo, Paris, 17 May, 1793". thepublicarchive.com . 4 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2017 . ^ "Black abolitionists in France". abolition.nypl.org . Retrieved 30 March 2017 . ^ Jean-Daniel Piquet (2002), p. 255-25.