Jeanne Odo or citizen Andotte was born in
Port-au-Prince and was a former slave, an abolitionist of
Saint-Domingue (now
Haiti), and a
supercentenarian.
Aged 114, she presented herself to the
National Convention
The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year Nationa ...
in Paris and called for the
abolition of slavery.
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
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the best-known, influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Esta ...
,
Jeanbon Saint-André
Jean Bon Saint-André (; 25 February 174910 December 1813) was a French politician of the Revolutionary era.
Early career and role in the National Convention
He was born in Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne), the son of a fuller. Although his parents w ...
, Legendre, Maure, and other members on June 3, 1793. Everyone applauded when Chabot swore solidarity with
Black people.
[Jean-Daniel Piquet (2002), p. 255-25.]
See also
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Slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
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Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom
The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries. It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example, as abolition of the trade in slaves in a specific country, and then as abolition of slavery ...
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Abolitionism
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Jacobin
References
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18th-century French women
Haitian women
French abolitionists
People of Saint-Domingue
Haitian slaves
18th-century slaves
18th-century Haitian people