The Colour of the Land, a Story with an Ancestor at Random

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
Tanlistwa, carte, map, Moreau du Temple, 1770

Today, I am doing a family portrait, but above all I am talking about the transmission of the earth between whites and free of colour because it is quite a story!

The Manumission of « de facto Freed » by the French Royal Ordinance of 12 July 1832.

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
affranchissement, 1832, 1833, martinique, élisabeth laurencine

This year is the 170th commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Martinique in 1848. I wanted to introduce you to a member of my family who was freed on this occasion, but for the moment, there is none. How is that possible? ...