Jeanne Odo

Jeanne Odo or citizen Andotte was born in Port-au-Prince[1] and was a former slave, an abolitionist of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), and a supercentenarian.

The citizen Jeanne Odo at the tribune, 1794, by French painter Nicolas-André Monsiau.

Aged 114, she presented herself to the National Convention in Paris and called for the abolition of slavery.[2][3]

She was enthusiastically received, accompanied by a delegation of Blacks, at the Jacobin Club by the deputies François Louis Bourdon de l'Oise, Chabot, Maximilien de Robespierre, Jeanbon Saint-André, Legendre, Maure, and other members on June 3, 1793. Everyone applauded when Chabot swore solidarity with Black people.[4]

The insurrection of the slaves of Saint-Domingue continued in Paris. The free People of Color entered the convention and demanded the abolition of slavery in the colonial empire of Ancien Régime. Jeanne Odo is seen in the gallery with a young girl.

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References
  1. Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860, vol. Volume 1; Volume 66, Librairie administrative de P. Dupont, 1904 (read here), p.57
  2. "Jeanne Odo, Paris, 17 May, 1793". thepublicarchive.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. "Black abolitionists in France". abolition.nypl.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. Jean-Daniel Piquet (2002), p. 255-25.
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