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− | '''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== |
Revision as of 12:11, 1 November 2004
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