Delgrès, Louis

has biography | a une biographie: Black abolitionist and soldier in the eighteenth century. Delgrès was born as a free black man in Saint Pierre, Martinique in 1766. He fought in the Caribbean during the French Revolution, and was briefly taken captive by the British in 1796 and held in a prison in Portchester. After a prisoner swap, Delgrès returned to Guadeloupe and signed a proclamation titled "À l'Univers entier, le dernier cri de l'innocence et du désespoir" on May 10 1802 in opposition to Napoleon's attempts to re-impose slavery on the French Caribbean.
was born | est né: 2 August 1766
died in | est mort par: 28 May 1802
has nationality | a la nationalité: France
has type | est de type: depicted

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; English Heritage - Black Prisoners of War at Portchester Castle