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| − | '''Colonel Pierre Michel''' | + | '''Colonel Pierre Michel''' was the Negro subordinate of [[Jean Baptiste Villatte]]. When Villatte rose up against [[Comte de Laveaux|General Laveaux]] in [[Le Cap]] in [[1796]]. Pierre Michel kept [[Toussaint Louverture]] informed. When Laveaux was captured, Pierre Michel "assembled all the men he knew to be loyal and called the cultivators to 'defend their friend Laveaux'." ([[This Gilded African|Parkinson]], p. 101) |
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 1 November 2004
Colonel Pierre Michel was the Negro subordinate of Jean Baptiste Villatte. When Villatte rose up against General Laveaux in Le Cap in 1796. Pierre Michel kept Toussaint Louverture informed. When Laveaux was captured, Pierre Michel "assembled all the men he knew to be loyal and called the cultivators to 'defend their friend Laveaux'." (Parkinson, p. 101)
References
- Parkinson, Wenda (1978). This Gilded African. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-2187-4
