Difference between revisions of "André Rey"
From TLP
m (added category) |
|||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''André Rey''' | + | '''André Rey''' was a member of the Commission sent by [[Léger Félicité Sonthonax]] to investigate the [[mulatto]] uprising against [[Comte de Laveaux]] in [[1796]]. Rey was a bitter enemy of [[André Rigaud]], having once tried to have him assassinated. "His reputation was shabby, a man of flagrant indiscretions so far as women were concerned and a heavy gambler which made him suspect with [[Toussaint Louverture|Toussaint]]." He seduced Rigaud's fiancee, [[Marie Villeneuve]], solely to get under Rigaud's skin. ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 104) |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
[[Category:Who's Who|Rey, André]] | [[Category:Who's Who|Rey, André]] | ||
| + | [[Category:French|Rey, André]] | ||
[[Category:Whites|Rey, André]] | [[Category:Whites|Rey, André]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:49, 6 July 2006
André Rey was a member of the Commission sent by Léger Félicité Sonthonax to investigate the mulatto uprising against Comte de Laveaux in 1796. Rey was a bitter enemy of André Rigaud, having once tried to have him assassinated. "His reputation was shabby, a man of flagrant indiscretions so far as women were concerned and a heavy gambler which made him suspect with Toussaint." He seduced Rigaud's fiancee, Marie Villeneuve, solely to get under Rigaud's skin. (Parkinson, p. 104)
References
- Parkinson, Wenda (1978). This Gilded African. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-2187-4
