Gertrude

has biography | a une biographie: Gertrude, born 1766, was an enslaved woman from the Clermont estate in Guadeloupe. After several deaths on the estate, including the wife and step-brother of the estate's slave-owner Jean-François de Fougières, Gertrude was accused of poisoning along with six other enslaved people.

The trial took place in Petit-Bourg. Two of the accused women died in prison before facing trial. Gertrude's daughter, Perrine, was found innocent. Marabou was sentenced to prison, along with Jean-Philippe who was beaten and branded.

Gertrude was condemned to the death penalty and was executed by hanging in the square of Petit-Bourg on February 22nd 1822. She was 56 years old.
has nationality | a la nationalité: France
has type | est de type: depicted