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Statues and memories of empire in post-imperial France and Britain

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Testas, Al Pouessi Marthe Adélaïde Modeste

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has biography: Ethiopian woman who was enslaved and purchased by French slave-traders, the Testas brothers, who sent it to Saint-Domingue where they owned a plantation. The name under which the statue appears is its baptismal name, given by the people who bought it. She was freed by will in 1795.
was born: 1765
died in: 1870
has nationality: France
has type: depicted

is referred to by: Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage; France culture

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