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Leader of the mulatto revolt.  French-educated, handsome, and quiet, Beauvais had served in America during the American Revolution.  "As a leader he was charismatic, loved and blindly followed by all who served under him or came into contact with him." ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 58)
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'''Louis Jacques Bauvais''' ''(or Beauvais)'' – Charismatic and respected leader of the mulatto revolt.  French-educated, handsome, and quiet, Bauvais had served in America during the American Revolution.  ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 58)
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Regarding the spelling of his name, [[The Making of Haiti|Carolyn Fick]] tells us that he signed his own correspondence "Bauvais". (p. 306 n7)
  
 
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==References==
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Revision as of 15:50, 21 September 2004

Louis Jacques Bauvais (or Beauvais) – Charismatic and respected leader of the mulatto revolt. French-educated, handsome, and quiet, Bauvais had served in America during the American Revolution. (Parkinson, p. 58)

Regarding the spelling of his name, Carolyn Fick tells us that he signed his own correspondence "Bauvais". (p. 306 n7)

References

Fick, Carolyn E. (1990). The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 0-87049-667-0. Parkinson, Wenda (1978). This Gilded African. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-2187-4