Mulatto Solitude ( fr. La Mulâtresse Solitude , 1772 - November 29, 1802 ) - Guadalupe slave , one of the symbols of the resistance of the black population of the island to colonialism ; the heroine of many legends.
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| Date of Birth | 1772 |
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| Date of death | November 29, 1802 |
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Biography
She was born in 1772 in a slave family and was freed in 1794 as a result of the abolition of slavery during the Great French Revolution .
In 1802 , when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to revive slavery in the former French colonies, Mulatto Solitude responded to the call of Louis Delgres to fight for freedom. Captured in the battle of May 8, 1802 and executed by hanging on November 29 of the same year, after she was allowed to give birth to a child.
In 1999, a monument dedicated to her was erected in Guadalupe, and in 2007, on the anniversary of the abolition of slavery, the statue of the Mulata Solitude was installed in the French city of Bagneux .