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| − | '''Antoine Richepanse''' (also: ''Antoine Richepance'') (March 25, 1770 Metz, France -September 3, [[1802]] Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) Richepanse re-established [[slavery]] in the French colony of Guadeloupe, located in the Caribbean. The resistance in Guadeloupe, led by the [[mulatto]] Louis Delgrès and the [[maroon]] Joseph Ignace (1769 - 1802) fell to Richepanse in 1802. Richepance, who | + | '''Antoine Richepanse''' (also: ''Antoine Richepance'') (March 25, 1770 Metz, France -September 3, [[1802]] Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) Richepanse re-established [[slavery]] in the French colony of Guadeloupe, located in the Caribbean. The resistance in Guadeloupe, led by the [[mulatto]] Louis Delgrès and the [[maroon]] Joseph Ignace (1769 - 1802) fell to Richepanse in 1802. Richepance, who been sent by [[Napoléon bonaparte]], arrived in the colony with about 7,000 soldiers and was able to gain control of the island within a short time. French control was re-established on the evening of May 28,1802 and slavery was back in effect eight years after it had been banned. Richepanse's troops had killed 10,000 men and women, roughly ten percent of the total population at the time.<br> |
The leaders of the fight against Richepanse, Delgrès and Ignace, committed suicide as they had fought under the motto: "''Live Free or Die"''. | The leaders of the fight against Richepanse, Delgrès and Ignace, committed suicide as they had fought under the motto: "''Live Free or Die"''. | ||
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====Richepanse and contemporary France==== | ====Richepanse and contemporary France==== | ||
| − | Efforts have been made to address the terrible legacy of Richepanse. In Paris a street has been renamed from ''Rue Richepanse'' to ''Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George'' (a mulatto musician and anti-[[royalist]]) and in Guadeloupe a fort that had been ''Fort Richepance'', was renamed in honor of Louis Delgrès, his Caribbean enemy. | + | Efforts have been made to address the terrible legacy of Richepanse, whose name is featured on the ''L'arc de Triomphe'' a monument to Napoléon's military exploits. In Paris a street has been renamed from ''Rue Richepanse'' to ''Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George'' (a mulatto musician and anti-[[royalist]]) and in Guadeloupe a fort that had been ''Fort Richepance'', was renamed in honor of Louis Delgrès, his Caribbean enemy. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* Antoine Richepanse. (2006). ''Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre''. [Accessed at 14:57, June 23, 2006] [[http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoine_Richepanse&oldid=8091926]. | * Antoine Richepanse. (2006). ''Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre''. [Accessed at 14:57, June 23, 2006] [[http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antoine_Richepanse&oldid=8091926]. | ||
| + | * Henley, Jon. (2001) ''The battle for France's history''. London: The Guardian. [Accessed on June 23, 2006] ([http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,488223,00.html online text]) | ||
[[Category:Who's Who|Richepanse, Antoine]] | [[Category:Who's Who|Richepanse, Antoine]] | ||
Revision as of 08:49, 23 June 2006
Antoine Richepanse (also: Antoine Richepance) (March 25, 1770 Metz, France -September 3, 1802 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) Richepanse re-established slavery in the French colony of Guadeloupe, located in the Caribbean. The resistance in Guadeloupe, led by the mulatto Louis Delgrès and the maroon Joseph Ignace (1769 - 1802) fell to Richepanse in 1802. Richepance, who been sent by Napoléon bonaparte, arrived in the colony with about 7,000 soldiers and was able to gain control of the island within a short time. French control was re-established on the evening of May 28,1802 and slavery was back in effect eight years after it had been banned. Richepanse's troops had killed 10,000 men and women, roughly ten percent of the total population at the time.
The leaders of the fight against Richepanse, Delgrès and Ignace, committed suicide as they had fought under the motto: "Live Free or Die".
Contents
Saint-Domingue and Richepanse
The news of Richepanse's advance in Guadeloupe installed great fear in Saint-Domingue, where General Leclerc had been sent to accomplish the same goals of rolling back advancements in the abolition of slavery. Revolutionary leaders such as Jean-Jacques Dessalines followed the events in Guadeloupe and it strengthened the resolve to fight for Haitian independence.
Richepanse and contemporary France
Efforts have been made to address the terrible legacy of Richepanse, whose name is featured on the L'arc de Triomphe a monument to Napoléon's military exploits. In Paris a street has been renamed from Rue Richepanse to Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George (a mulatto musician and anti-royalist) and in Guadeloupe a fort that had been Fort Richepance, was renamed in honor of Louis Delgrès, his Caribbean enemy.
See also
- Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc - The French General sent by Napoléon to Saint-Dominque with the same goals as Richepanse.
References
- Antoine Richepanse. (2006). Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. [Accessed at 14:57, June 23, 2006] [[1].
- Henley, Jon. (2001) The battle for France's history. London: The Guardian. [Accessed on June 23, 2006] (online text)
