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Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo
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It was customary in the West Indies for people of fortune to send their children abroad, to secure to them better in?uences than they could obtain on a plantation. Sometimes, at the age of four and five years, sons and daughters were separated from ten der parents, with a degree of heroic sacrifice for which nothing but the importance of the measure could give their parents resolution.
It was customary in the West Indies for people of fortune to send their children abroad, to secure to them better in?uences than they could obtain on a plantation. Sometimes, at the age of four and five years, sons and daughters were separated from ten der parents, with a degree of heroic sacrifice for which nothing but the importance of the measure could give their parents resolution.
130 pages, Paperback
First published March 28, 1992
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April 19, 2020
Quite informative. If only it weren't so terribly racist. Written by a white woman in 1854, that came as no surprise. Still, it was quite unpleasant.
April 20, 2021
Truly inspiring!
This man, born a slave in what is now Haiti was forced to move with the Toussaint family thanks to the "liberating" slave rebellion in that country, directly inspired by the principles of the French Revolution. Moving to New York City, Pierre Toussaint ended up providing for his master from his own pocket money gained by his talent of doing ladies' hair.
After many years, Pierre Toussaint new people of all classes in New York. This great book records that it was not uncommon to see him being greeted by one of the most famous ladies in New York and then by a simple girl, and then by one of the many poor that he gain alms to generously. There were some people that he had been visiting for some thirty years. He might have helped them for their first Holy Communion, then their Confirmation, then their wedding, etc.
Truly an inspiring story that we all can learn many lessons in these days of friction and uncharity in all countries and people.
This man, born a slave in what is now Haiti was forced to move with the Toussaint family thanks to the "liberating" slave rebellion in that country, directly inspired by the principles of the French Revolution. Moving to New York City, Pierre Toussaint ended up providing for his master from his own pocket money gained by his talent of doing ladies' hair.
After many years, Pierre Toussaint new people of all classes in New York. This great book records that it was not uncommon to see him being greeted by one of the most famous ladies in New York and then by a simple girl, and then by one of the many poor that he gain alms to generously. There were some people that he had been visiting for some thirty years. He might have helped them for their first Holy Communion, then their Confirmation, then their wedding, etc.
Truly an inspiring story that we all can learn many lessons in these days of friction and uncharity in all countries and people.
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