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+'''Jacques Vincent Ogé''' (also '''Vincent Ogé the Younger''')  ([[1750]] Dondon, [[Saint-Domingue]] - February 6, [[1791]] [[Le Cap]], Saint-Domingue) an [[affranchis]] delegate in France and leader of a [[mulatto]] revolt. He had been educated in Paris. He was the son of a wealthy butcher <small>{{fn|1}}</small> in [[Le Cap]]. ([[Beard]] p. 46) He led a revolt against the white colonial authorities in Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to November [[1790]] in the vicinity of Le Cap, Ogé's revolt of 1790 preceeded the [[Boukman Rebellion]] in August of [[1791]]  by less than a year,
 and makes clear that many sectors of Saint-Domingue society were ready to take up arms to put an end to the French cruelties.
-==Vincent OgÃ©, member of the Amis des Noirs==
+==Vincent Ogé, member of the Amis des Noirs==
-As a member of the ''Friends of the Negro'' ([[Amis des Noirs]]), OgÃ© had been frustrated by the Assembly's refusal to extend the [[Rights of Man]] to mulattoes and decided to take matters into his own hands after his efforts in France such as the [[1789]] [[Vincent OgÃ© motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris]] did not lead to greater freedom for the affranchis in the colony. Revolutionary France seemed unwilling to extent the ideals of the [[French Revolution]] to all sectors of it's colonial empire.
+As a member of the ''Friends of the Negro'' ([[Amis des Noirs]]), Ogé had been frustrated by the Assembly's refusal to extend the [[Rights of Man]] to mulattoes and decided to take matters into his own hands after his efforts in France such as the [[1789]] [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris]] did not lead to greater freedom for the affranchis in the colony. Revolutionary France seemed unwilling to extent the ideals of the [[French Revolution]] to all sectors of it's colonial empire.
 "While residing in Paris he made the acquaintance and enjoyed the familiar friendship of Brissot, Robespierre, Lafayette, and other revolutionists connected with the society [[Amis des Noirs]]. From these men he learned his lessons of freedom. (Langston)
-Vincent OgÃ© sent this letter from [[Grande-RiviÃ¨re-du-Nord|Grande RiviÃ¨re]], his camp in the Department of the North, to the President of the Assembly of that department:
+Vincent Ogé sent this letter from [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], his camp in the Department of the North, to the President of the Assembly of that department:
-====OgÃ©'s letter to the Provincial Assembly of Le Cap====
+====Ogé's letter to the Provincial Assembly of Le Cap====
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-<center>'''VINCENT OGÃ TO THE MEMBERS COMPOSING THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF [[Le Cap|THE CAPE]].'''</center>
+<center>'''VINCENT OGÉ TO THE MEMBERS COMPOSING THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF [[Le Cap|THE CAPE]].'''</center>
 GENTLEMEN:--A prejudice, too long maintained, is about to fall. I am charged with a commission doubtless very honorable to myself. I require you to promulgate throughout the colony the instructions of the National Assembly of the 8th of March, which gives without distinction, to all free citizens, the right of admission to all offices and functions. My pretensions are just, and I hope you will pay due regard to them. I shall not call the plantations to rise; that means would be unworthy of me. Learn to appreciate the merit of a man whose intention is pure. When I solicited from the National Assembly a decree which I obtained in favor of the American colonists, formerly known under the injurious epithet of '[[mulattos|men of mixed blood]],' I did not include in my claims the condition of the negroes who live in servitude. You and our adversaries have misrepresented my steps in order to bring me into discredit with honorable men. No, no, gentlemen! we have put forth a claim only on behalf of a class of freemen, who, for two centuries, have been under the yoke of oppression. We require the execution of the decree of the 8th of March. We insist on its [[promulgate|promulgation]], and we shall not cease to repeat to our friends that our adversaries are unjust, and that they know not how to make their interests compatible with ours. Before employing my means, I make use of mildness; but if, contrary to my expectation, you do not satisfy my demand, I am not answerable for the disorder into which my just vengeance may carry me.
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 ([[Beard]] p. 46-47)
-====The OgÃ© Rebellion of 1790====
+====The Ogé Rebellion of 1790====
-With money OgÃ© obtained from the British [[abolitionist]] [[Thomas Clarkson]] in London, he purchased firearms on a trip to New Orleans in the United States ([[The Black Jacobins|James]] p. 73) returning with 250 men to [[Saint-Domingue]] (on October 23, [[1790]], landing near [[Le Cap]]) to attempt a mulatto uprising.  Unfortunately, though an eloquent speaker, OgÃ© was no general and was decisively overpowered.
+With money Ogé obtained from the British [[abolitionist]] [[Thomas Clarkson]] in London, he purchased firearms on a trip to New Orleans in the United States ([[The Black Jacobins|James]] p. 73) returning with 250 men to [[Saint-Domingue]] (on October 23, [[1790]], landing near [[Le Cap]]) to attempt a mulatto uprising.  Unfortunately, though an eloquent speaker, Ogé was no general and was decisively overpowered.
 Marcus Rainsford gives this accountin his [[1805]] book: ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'':
-<blockquote>"During his [OgÃ©'s] residence at Paris, for the purpose of education, he had imbibed, in addition to the natural feelings of his class, all the prejudices entertained at this period against the white planters in the mother country. Having become connected with the society of [[Amis des Noirs]], and inflated with an idea of his own capacity, he was easily persuaded by Robespierre, and other violent members, to attach himself to a conspiracy, supposed to be already ripe in St. Domingo, and requiring only the talents of an active leader to produce the effects desired, in behalf of the people of color. Armed by their means, and charged with all the inveteracy of the party, OgÃ© arrived in [[Saint-Domingue|St. Domingo]] about two months after the Assembly bad left it, and immediately prepared to assume an imaginary command, for which he had no foundation. He found means to convey a quantity of arms and ammunition to a place called [[Grande-RiviÃ¨re-du-Nord|Grande RiviÃ¨re]], about fifteen miles from the [[Le Cap|Cape]], where his brother had been prepared to receive it, and, having collected about two hundred followers, exerted himself every where in spreading disaffection; he wrote imperiously to M. Peynier, stating the inattention which had been paid to the execution of the [[Code Noir]], demanding its enforcement, and also an extension of the privileges enjoyed by the whites to all persons without distinction. He took upon himself the character of Protector of the Mulattoes, and declared his intention, if necessary, of arming in their behalf. He established his camp where he had deposited his stores, and appointed his two brothers, and another mulatto, of a ferocious character, named [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes|Mark Chavane]] [Chavannes?], his lieutenants." (Rainsford p. 121f)</blockquote>
+<blockquote>"During his [Ogé's] residence at Paris, for the purpose of education, he had imbibed, in addition to the natural feelings of his class, all the prejudices entertained at this period against the white planters in the mother country. Having become connected with the society of [[Amis des Noirs]], and inflated with an idea of his own capacity, he was easily persuaded by Robespierre, and other violent members, to attach himself to a conspiracy, supposed to be already ripe in St. Domingo, and requiring only the talents of an active leader to produce the effects desired, in behalf of the people of color. Armed by their means, and charged with all the inveteracy of the party, Ogé arrived in [[Saint-Domingue|St. Domingo]] about two months after the Assembly bad left it, and immediately prepared to assume an imaginary command, for which he had no foundation. He found means to convey a quantity of arms and ammunition to a place called [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], about fifteen miles from the [[Le Cap|Cape]], where his brother had been prepared to receive it, and, having collected about two hundred followers, exerted himself every where in spreading disaffection; he wrote imperiously to M. Peynier, stating the inattention which had been paid to the execution of the [[Code Noir]], demanding its enforcement, and also an extension of the privileges enjoyed by the whites to all persons without distinction. He took upon himself the character of Protector of the Mulattoes, and declared his intention, if necessary, of arming in their behalf. He established his camp where he had deposited his stores, and appointed his two brothers, and another mulatto, of a ferocious character, named [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes|Mark Chavane]] [Chavannes?], his lieutenants." (Rainsford p. 121f)</blockquote>
-====Vincent OgÃ© Dies on the Stake====
+====Vincent Ogé Dies on the Stake====
-On November 20, [[1790]] Vincent OgÃ© and 23 of his associates, including [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]], are captured in Hinche - then part of the Spanish controlled part of [[Hispaniola]] - on behalf of Governor-Greneral [[Blanchelande]].
+On November 20, [[1790]] Vincent Ogé and 23 of his associates, including [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]], are captured in Hinche - then part of the Spanish controlled part of [[Hispaniola]] - on behalf of Governor-Greneral [[Blanchelande]].
-Vincent OgÃ©'s exceptionally brutal (Kennedy p. 136) torture and death (James pp. 73 - 74) on the stake in [[Le Cap]] on February 6, [[1791]] served only to heat up an already rapidly boiling cauldron of dissatisfaction.
+Vincent Ogé's exceptionally brutal (Kennedy p. 136) torture and death (James pp. 73 - 74) on the stake in [[Le Cap]] on February 6, [[1791]] served only to heat up an already rapidly boiling cauldron of dissatisfaction.
-{{fnb|1}} Rainsford, in his book ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'', states that OgÃ©'s father was a coffee plantation owner near [[Le cap]]. (Rainsford p. 121)
+{{fnb|1}} Rainsford, in his book ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'', states that Ogé's father was a coffee plantation owner near [[Le cap]]. (Rainsford p. 121)
 ==See also==
-* [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]] - Fought alongside OgÃ© and tried to persuade him to try to free all, including the slaves.
+* [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]] - Fought alongside Ogé and tried to persuade him to try to free all, including the slaves.
-* [[Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue]] - 1791 letter by [[Henri GrÃ©goire]] refering to OgÃ©.
+* [[Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue]] - 1791 letter by [[Henri Grégoire]] refering to Ogé.
-* [[Vincent OgÃ© motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)]] - Vincent OgÃ© pleads the affranchis cause before delegates of [[Grands Blancs]] in Paris.
+* [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)]] - Vincent Ogé pleads the affranchis cause before delegates of [[Grands Blancs]] in Paris.
-* [[Thomas Clarkson]] - British abolitionist that supported OgÃ© financially.
+* [[Thomas Clarkson]] - British abolitionist that supported Ogé financially.
 ** [[Thomas Clarkson - Thoughts on The Haitian Revolution]]
-* [[William Wells Brown - Toussaint L'Ouverture]] - Contains section on OgÃ©.
+* [[William Wells Brown - Toussaint L'Ouverture]] - Contains section on Ogé.
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_OgÃ© Vincent OgÃ©]
+* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Ogé Vincent Ogé]
-* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.morel67/ccfo/crimcol/node26.html 25 fÃ©vrier 1791 : Le mulÃ¢tre OgÃ© subit le supplice de la roue pour avoir cru Ã  l'Ã©galitÃ© (HaÃ¯ti)] - (French text)
+* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.morel67/ccfo/crimcol/node26.html 25 février 1791 : Le mulâtre Ogé subit le supplice de la roue pour avoir cru à l'égalité (Haïti)] - (French text)
-[[Category:Who's Who|OgÃ©, Vincent]]
+[[Category:Who's Who|Ogé, Vincent]]
-[[Category:Rebels|OgÃ©, Vincent]]
+[[Category:Rebels|Ogé, Vincent]]
-[[Category:Mulattoes|OgÃ©, Vincent]]
+[[Category:Mulattoes|Ogé, Vincent]]

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-[[image:vincent_oge.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Portrait of Vincent Ogé.]]
+cnapasercoel
-'''Jacques Vincent Ogé''' (also '''Vincent Ogé the Younger''')  ([[1750]] Dondon, [[Saint-Domingue]] - February 6, [[1791]] [[Le Cap]], Saint-Domingue) an [[affranchis]] delegate in France and leader of a [[mulatto]] revolt. He had been educated in Paris. He was the son of a wealthy butcher <small>{{fn|1}}</small> in [[Le Cap]]. ([[Beard]] p. 46) He led a revolt against the white colonial authorities in Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to November [[1790]] in the vicinity of Le Cap, Ogé's revolt of 1790 preceeded the [[Boukman Rebellion]] in August of [[1791]]  by less than a year,
+[[image:vincent_oge.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Portrait of Vincent OgÃ©.]]
 and makes clear that many sectors of Saint-Domingue society were ready to take up arms to put an end to the French cruelties.
-==Vincent Ogé, member of the Amis des Noirs==
+==Vincent OgÃ©, member of the Amis des Noirs==
-As a member of the ''Friends of the Negro'' ([[Amis des Noirs]]), Ogé had been frustrated by the Assembly's refusal to extend the [[Rights of Man]] to mulattoes and decided to take matters into his own hands after his efforts in France such as the [[1789]] [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris]] did not lead to greater freedom for the affranchis in the colony. Revolutionary France seemed unwilling to extent the ideals of the [[French Revolution]] to all sectors of it's colonial empire.
+As a member of the ''Friends of the Negro'' ([[Amis des Noirs]]), OgÃ© had been frustrated by the Assembly's refusal to extend the [[Rights of Man]] to mulattoes and decided to take matters into his own hands after his efforts in France such as the [[1789]] [[Vincent OgÃ© motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris]] did not lead to greater freedom for the affranchis in the colony. Revolutionary France seemed unwilling to extent the ideals of the [[French Revolution]] to all sectors of it's colonial empire.
 "While residing in Paris he made the acquaintance and enjoyed the familiar friendship of Brissot, Robespierre, Lafayette, and other revolutionists connected with the society [[Amis des Noirs]]. From these men he learned his lessons of freedom. (Langston)
-Vincent Ogé sent this letter from [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], his camp in the Department of the North, to the President of the Assembly of that department:
+Vincent OgÃ© sent this letter from [[Grande-RiviÃ¨re-du-Nord|Grande RiviÃ¨re]], his camp in the Department of the North, to the President of the Assembly of that department:
-====Ogé's letter to the Provincial Assembly of Le Cap====
+====OgÃ©'s letter to the Provincial Assembly of Le Cap====
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-<center>'''VINCENT OGÉ TO THE MEMBERS COMPOSING THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF [[Le Cap|THE CAPE]].'''</center>
+<center>'''VINCENT OGÃ TO THE MEMBERS COMPOSING THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF [[Le Cap|THE CAPE]].'''</center>
 GENTLEMEN:--A prejudice, too long maintained, is about to fall. I am charged with a commission doubtless very honorable to myself. I require you to promulgate throughout the colony the instructions of the National Assembly of the 8th of March, which gives without distinction, to all free citizens, the right of admission to all offices and functions. My pretensions are just, and I hope you will pay due regard to them. I shall not call the plantations to rise; that means would be unworthy of me. Learn to appreciate the merit of a man whose intention is pure. When I solicited from the National Assembly a decree which I obtained in favor of the American colonists, formerly known under the injurious epithet of '[[mulattos|men of mixed blood]],' I did not include in my claims the condition of the negroes who live in servitude. You and our adversaries have misrepresented my steps in order to bring me into discredit with honorable men. No, no, gentlemen! we have put forth a claim only on behalf of a class of freemen, who, for two centuries, have been under the yoke of oppression. We require the execution of the decree of the 8th of March. We insist on its [[promulgate|promulgation]], and we shall not cease to repeat to our friends that our adversaries are unjust, and that they know not how to make their interests compatible with ours. Before employing my means, I make use of mildness; but if, contrary to my expectation, you do not satisfy my demand, I am not answerable for the disorder into which my just vengeance may carry me.
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 ([[Beard]] p. 46-47)
-====The Ogé Rebellion of 1790====
+====The OgÃ© Rebellion of 1790====
-With money Ogé obtained from the British [[abolitionist]] [[Thomas Clarkson]] in London, he purchased firearms on a trip to New Orleans in the United States ([[The Black Jacobins|James]] p. 73) returning with 250 men to [[Saint-Domingue]] (on October 23, [[1790]], landing near [[Le Cap]]) to attempt a mulatto uprising.  Unfortunately, though an eloquent speaker, Ogé was no general and was decisively overpowered.
+With money OgÃ© obtained from the British [[abolitionist]] [[Thomas Clarkson]] in London, he purchased firearms on a trip to New Orleans in the United States ([[The Black Jacobins|James]] p. 73) returning with 250 men to [[Saint-Domingue]] (on October 23, [[1790]], landing near [[Le Cap]]) to attempt a mulatto uprising.  Unfortunately, though an eloquent speaker, OgÃ© was no general and was decisively overpowered.
 Marcus Rainsford gives this accountin his [[1805]] book: ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'':
-<blockquote>"During his [Ogé's] residence at Paris, for the purpose of education, he had imbibed, in addition to the natural feelings of his class, all the prejudices entertained at this period against the white planters in the mother country. Having become connected with the society of [[Amis des Noirs]], and inflated with an idea of his own capacity, he was easily persuaded by Robespierre, and other violent members, to attach himself to a conspiracy, supposed to be already ripe in St. Domingo, and requiring only the talents of an active leader to produce the effects desired, in behalf of the people of color. Armed by their means, and charged with all the inveteracy of the party, Ogé arrived in [[Saint-Domingue|St. Domingo]] about two months after the Assembly bad left it, and immediately prepared to assume an imaginary command, for which he had no foundation. He found means to convey a quantity of arms and ammunition to a place called [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], about fifteen miles from the [[Le Cap|Cape]], where his brother had been prepared to receive it, and, having collected about two hundred followers, exerted himself every where in spreading disaffection; he wrote imperiously to M. Peynier, stating the inattention which had been paid to the execution of the [[Code Noir]], demanding its enforcement, and also an extension of the privileges enjoyed by the whites to all persons without distinction. He took upon himself the character of Protector of the Mulattoes, and declared his intention, if necessary, of arming in their behalf. He established his camp where he had deposited his stores, and appointed his two brothers, and another mulatto, of a ferocious character, named [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes|Mark Chavane]] [Chavannes?], his lieutenants." (Rainsford p. 121f)</blockquote>
+<blockquote>"During his [OgÃ©'s] residence at Paris, for the purpose of education, he had imbibed, in addition to the natural feelings of his class, all the prejudices entertained at this period against the white planters in the mother country. Having become connected with the society of [[Amis des Noirs]], and inflated with an idea of his own capacity, he was easily persuaded by Robespierre, and other violent members, to attach himself to a conspiracy, supposed to be already ripe in St. Domingo, and requiring only the talents of an active leader to produce the effects desired, in behalf of the people of color. Armed by their means, and charged with all the inveteracy of the party, OgÃ© arrived in [[Saint-Domingue|St. Domingo]] about two months after the Assembly bad left it, and immediately prepared to assume an imaginary command, for which he had no foundation. He found means to convey a quantity of arms and ammunition to a place called [[Grande-RiviÃ¨re-du-Nord|Grande RiviÃ¨re]], about fifteen miles from the [[Le Cap|Cape]], where his brother had been prepared to receive it, and, having collected about two hundred followers, exerted himself every where in spreading disaffection; he wrote imperiously to M. Peynier, stating the inattention which had been paid to the execution of the [[Code Noir]], demanding its enforcement, and also an extension of the privileges enjoyed by the whites to all persons without distinction. He took upon himself the character of Protector of the Mulattoes, and declared his intention, if necessary, of arming in their behalf. He established his camp where he had deposited his stores, and appointed his two brothers, and another mulatto, of a ferocious character, named [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes|Mark Chavane]] [Chavannes?], his lieutenants." (Rainsford p. 121f)</blockquote>
-====Vincent Ogé Dies on the Stake====
+====Vincent OgÃ© Dies on the Stake====
-On November 20, [[1790]] Vincent Ogé and 23 of his associates, including [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]], are captured in Hinche - then part of the Spanish controlled part of [[Hispaniola]] - on behalf of Governor-Greneral [[Blanchelande]].
+On November 20, [[1790]] Vincent OgÃ© and 23 of his associates, including [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]], are captured in Hinche - then part of the Spanish controlled part of [[Hispaniola]] - on behalf of Governor-Greneral [[Blanchelande]].
-Vincent Ogé's exceptionally brutal (Kennedy p. 136) torture and death (James pp. 73 - 74) on the stake in [[Le Cap]] on February 6, [[1791]] served only to heat up an already rapidly boiling cauldron of dissatisfaction.
+Vincent OgÃ©'s exceptionally brutal (Kennedy p. 136) torture and death (James pp. 73 - 74) on the stake in [[Le Cap]] on February 6, [[1791]] served only to heat up an already rapidly boiling cauldron of dissatisfaction.
-{{fnb|1}} Rainsford, in his book ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'', states that Ogé's father was a coffee plantation owner near [[Le cap]]. (Rainsford p. 121)
+{{fnb|1}} Rainsford, in his book ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'', states that OgÃ©'s father was a coffee plantation owner near [[Le cap]]. (Rainsford p. 121)
 ==See also==
-* [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]] - Fought alongside Ogé and tried to persuade him to try to free all, including the slaves.
+* [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes]] - Fought alongside OgÃ© and tried to persuade him to try to free all, including the slaves.
-* [[Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue]] - 1791 letter by [[Henri Grégoire]] refering to Ogé.
+* [[Letter to the Citizens of Color and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue]] - 1791 letter by [[Henri GrÃ©goire]] refering to OgÃ©.
-* [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)]] - Vincent Ogé pleads the affranchis cause before delegates of [[Grands Blancs]] in Paris.
+* [[Vincent OgÃ© motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)]] - Vincent OgÃ© pleads the affranchis cause before delegates of [[Grands Blancs]] in Paris.
-* [[Thomas Clarkson]] - British abolitionist that supported Ogé financially.
+* [[Thomas Clarkson]] - British abolitionist that supported OgÃ© financially.
 ** [[Thomas Clarkson - Thoughts on The Haitian Revolution]]
-* [[William Wells Brown - Toussaint L'Ouverture]] - Contains section on Ogé.
+* [[William Wells Brown - Toussaint L'Ouverture]] - Contains section on OgÃ©.
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Ogé Vincent Ogé]
+* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_OgÃ© Vincent OgÃ©]
-* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.morel67/ccfo/crimcol/node26.html 25 février 1791 : Le mulâtre Ogé subit le supplice de la roue pour avoir cru à l'égalité (Haïti)] - (French text)
+* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jacques.morel67/ccfo/crimcol/node26.html 25 fÃ©vrier 1791 : Le mulÃ¢tre OgÃ© subit le supplice de la roue pour avoir cru Ã  l'Ã©galitÃ© (HaÃ¯ti)] - (French text)
-[[Category:Who's Who|Ogé, Vincent]]
+[[Category:Who's Who|OgÃ©, Vincent]]
-[[Category:Rebels|Ogé, Vincent]]
+[[Category:Rebels|OgÃ©, Vincent]]
-[[Category:Mulattoes|Ogé, Vincent]]
+[[Category:Mulattoes|OgÃ©, Vincent]]

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 [[image:vincent_oge.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Portrait of Vincent Ogé.]]
-'''Jacques Vincent Ogé''' (also '''Vincent Ogé the Younger''')  (1750 Dondon, [[Saint-Domingue]] - February 6, [[1791]] [[Le Cap]], Saint-Domingue) an [[affranchis]] delegate in France and leader of a [[mulatto]] revolt. He had been educated in Paris. He was the son of a wealthy butcher <small>{{fn|1}}</small> in [[Le Cap]]. ([[Beard]] p. 46) He led a revolt against the white colonial authorities in Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to November [[1790]] in the vicinity of Le Cap, Ogé's revolt of 1790 preceeded the [[Boukman Rebellion]] in August of [[1791]]  by less than a year,
+'''Jacques Vincent Ogé''' (also '''Vincent Ogé the Younger''')  ([[1750]] Dondon, [[Saint-Domingue]] - February 6, [[1791]] [[Le Cap]], Saint-Domingue) an [[affranchis]] delegate in France and leader of a [[mulatto]] revolt. He had been educated in Paris. He was the son of a wealthy butcher <small>{{fn|1}}</small> in [[Le Cap]]. ([[Beard]] p. 46) He led a revolt against the white colonial authorities in Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to November [[1790]] in the vicinity of Le Cap, Ogé's revolt of 1790 preceeded the [[Boukman Rebellion]] in August of [[1791]]  by less than a year,
 and makes clear that many sectors of Saint-Domingue society were ready to take up arms to put an end to the French cruelties.

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 [[image:vincent_oge.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Portrait of Vincent Ogé.]]
-'''Jacques Vincent Ogé''' (also '''Vincent Ogé the Younger''')  (1750 Dondon, [[Saint-Domingue]] - February 6, [[1791]] [[Le Cap]], Saint-Domingue) an [[affranchis]] delegate in France and leader of a [[mulatto]] revolt. He had been educated in Paris. He was the son of a wealthy butcher <small>{{fn|1}}</small> in [[Le Cap]]. ([[Beard]] p. 46) He led a revolt against the white colonial authorities in Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to November [[1790]] in the vicinity of Le Cap, the the. Ogé's revolt of 1790 preceeded the [[Boukman Rebellion]] in August of [[1791]]  by less than a year,
+'''Jacques Vincent Ogé''' (also '''Vincent Ogé the Younger''')  (1750 Dondon, [[Saint-Domingue]] - February 6, [[1791]] [[Le Cap]], Saint-Domingue) an [[affranchis]] delegate in France and leader of a [[mulatto]] revolt. He had been educated in Paris. He was the son of a wealthy butcher <small>{{fn|1}}</small> in [[Le Cap]]. ([[Beard]] p. 46) He led a revolt against the white colonial authorities in Saint-Domingue that lasted from October to November [[1790]] in the vicinity of Le Cap, Ogé's revolt of 1790 preceeded the [[Boukman Rebellion]] in August of [[1791]]  by less than a year,
 and makes clear that many sectors of Saint-Domingue society were ready to take up arms to put an end to the French cruelties.
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 As a member of the ''Friends of the Negro'' ([[Amis des Noirs]]), Ogé had been frustrated by the Assembly's refusal to extend the [[Rights of Man]] to mulattoes and decided to take matters into his own hands after his efforts in France such as the [[1789]] [[Vincent Ogé motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris (1789)|motion to the Assembly of Colonists in Paris]] did not lead to greater freedom for the affranchis in the colony. Revolutionary France seemed unwilling to extent the ideals of the [[French Revolution]] to all sectors of it's colonial empire.
-"While residing in Paris lie made the acquaintance and enjoyed the familiar friendship of Brissot, Robespierre, Lafayette, and other revolutionists connected with the society [[Amis des Noirs]]. From these men he learned his lessons of freedom. (Langston)
+"While residing in Paris he made the acquaintance and enjoyed the familiar friendship of Brissot, Robespierre, Lafayette, and other revolutionists connected with the society [[Amis des Noirs]]. From these men he learned his lessons of freedom. (Langston)
 Vincent Ogé sent this letter from [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], his camp in the Department of the North, to the President of the Assembly of that department:
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 Marcus Rainsford gives this accountin his [[1805]] book: ''An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti...'':
-"During his [Ogé's] residence at Paris, for the purpose of education, he had imbibed, in addition to the natural feelings of his class, all the prejudices entertained at this period against the white planters in the mother country. Having become connected with the society of [[Amis des Noirs]], and inflated with an idea of his own capacity, he was easily persuaded by Robespierre, and other violent members, to attach himself to a conspiracy, supposed to be already ripe in St. Domingo, and requiring only the talents of an active leader to produce the effects desired, in behalf of the people of color. Armed by their means, and charged with all the inveteracy of the party, Ogé arrived in [[Saint-Domingue|St. Domingo]] about two months after the Assembly bad left it, and immediately prepared to assume an imaginary command, for which he had no foundation. He found means to convey a quantity of arms and ammunition to a place called [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], about fifteen miles from the [[Le Cap|Cape]], where his brother had been prepared to receive it, and, having collected about two hundred followers, exerted himself every where in spreading disaffection; he wrote imperiously to M. Peynier, stating the inattention which had been paid to the execution of the [[Code Noir]], demanding its enforcement, and also an extension of the privileges enjoyed by the whites to all persons without distinction. He took upon himself the character of Protector of the Mulattoes, and declared his intention, if necessary, of arming in their behalf. He established his camp where he had deposited his stores, and appointed his two brothers, and another mulatto, of a ferocious character, named [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes|Mark Chavane]] [Chavannes?], his lieutenants." (Rainsford p. 121f)
+<blockquote>"During his [Ogé's] residence at Paris, for the purpose of education, he had imbibed, in addition to the natural feelings of his class, all the prejudices entertained at this period against the white planters in the mother country. Having become connected with the society of [[Amis des Noirs]], and inflated with an idea of his own capacity, he was easily persuaded by Robespierre, and other violent members, to attach himself to a conspiracy, supposed to be already ripe in St. Domingo, and requiring only the talents of an active leader to produce the effects desired, in behalf of the people of color. Armed by their means, and charged with all the inveteracy of the party, Ogé arrived in [[Saint-Domingue|St. Domingo]] about two months after the Assembly bad left it, and immediately prepared to assume an imaginary command, for which he had no foundation. He found means to convey a quantity of arms and ammunition to a place called [[Grande-Rivière-du-Nord|Grande Rivière]], about fifteen miles from the [[Le Cap|Cape]], where his brother had been prepared to receive it, and, having collected about two hundred followers, exerted himself every where in spreading disaffection; he wrote imperiously to M. Peynier, stating the inattention which had been paid to the execution of the [[Code Noir]], demanding its enforcement, and also an extension of the privileges enjoyed by the whites to all persons without distinction. He took upon himself the character of Protector of the Mulattoes, and declared his intention, if necessary, of arming in their behalf. He established his camp where he had deposited his stores, and appointed his two brothers, and another mulatto, of a ferocious character, named [[Jean Baptiste Chavannes|Mark Chavane]] [Chavannes?], his lieutenants." (Rainsford p. 121f)</blockquote>
 ====Vincent Ogé Dies on the Stake====