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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Augustin was born into [[slavery]] in 1701, baptized Catholic in accordance with the [[Code Noir]], and sold away from his mother. He moved from plantation to plantation, as slave owners would leap at the chance to buy him cheaply, only to learn that he was too thin and feeble to be a useful slave. | Augustin was born into [[slavery]] in 1701, baptized Catholic in accordance with the [[Code Noir]], and sold away from his mother. He moved from [[Sugar plantations|plantation]] to plantation, as slave owners would leap at the chance to buy him cheaply, only to learn that he was too thin and feeble to be a useful slave. | ||
Due to him changing hands so often, Augustin knew the habits, routines and layouts of plantations and their overseers across [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]]. Using this knowledge to plan a careful escape, he became one of the few child slaves to survive into adulthood. | Due to him changing hands so often, Augustin knew the habits, routines and layouts of plantations and their [[overseers]] across [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]]. Using this knowledge to plan a careful escape, he became one of the few child slaves to survive into adulthood. | ||
At some point in his early life, Augustin became the leader of the Maroon rebellion in the area surrounding [[Port-au-Prince]]. He was driven by his faith in Voodoo, and his desire for | At some point in his early life, Augustin became the leader of the Maroon rebellion in the area surrounding [[Port-au-Prince]]. He was driven by his faith in Voodoo, and his desire for [[Africa]]n independence in Saint-Domingue. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | ||
A ship of his own 1.png|Adéwalé and Augustin | Laying the First Brick 3.png|Adéwalé rescuing Augustin from the slavers | ||
A ship of his own 1.png|Adéwalé and Augustin in Port-au-Prince | |||
Down with the Ship 11.png|Augustin consoling Bastienne | |||
De Fayet's Last Stand 2.png|Adéwalé parting ways with Augustin | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 17:07, 7 July 2014
Augustin Dieufort (1701 – unknown) was the leader of a Maroon rebellion in the area of Port-au-Prince, and quartermaster of the Experto Crede during the 1730s.
Biography
Early life
Augustin was born into slavery in 1701, baptized Catholic in accordance with the Code Noir, and sold away from his mother. He moved from plantation to plantation, as slave owners would leap at the chance to buy him cheaply, only to learn that he was too thin and feeble to be a useful slave.
Due to him changing hands so often, Augustin knew the habits, routines and layouts of plantations and their overseers across Saint-Domingue. Using this knowledge to plan a careful escape, he became one of the few child slaves to survive into adulthood.
At some point in his early life, Augustin became the leader of the Maroon rebellion in the area surrounding Port-au-Prince. He was driven by his faith in Voodoo, and his desire for African independence in Saint-Domingue.
Gallery
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Adéwalé rescuing Augustin from the slavers -
Adéwalé and Augustin in Port-au-Prince -
Augustin consoling Bastienne -
Adéwalé parting ways with Augustin
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