Stephane Chapheau
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Stephane Chapheau (1743 – unknown) was a French taverner in Boston during the American Revolutionary War. He was aided by the Assassin Connor when the British forces attempted to collect taxes from him, and was later recruited by Connor as an apprentice.
Subsequently, during the Boston Tea Party, he assisted Connor by dropping crates of tea overboard with the other colonists. On recruiting Chapheau, it allowed Connor to send his recruits to assassinate selected individuals, as well as to have them call forth a riot from civilians.
Biography
Chapheau was born in Canada – near modern day Montréal. His father served as a cook for the French army, but was killed in the fighting at the Plains of Abraham, as he and many other untrained men were called to arms. After his death, Stephane took on work as a chef in Montréal, but moved to Boston in 1764.
While Chapheau's personal letters indicated that he was looking for a less complicated life, he arrived right on the mark for the unrest that preceded the Revolutionary War. Fortunately for him, Stephane didn't really desire a quiet life – the tensions in pre-Revolution Boston suited him exactly.
It was around this time that Chapheau came across the Sons of Liberty, which he greatly supported, even participating in their 1765 protests surrounding the Stamp Act. He was also present when the crowds ransacked Governor Hutchinson's house in 1765, presumably egging them on. Also, by extension, he was to be one of the crowd that witnessed the Boston Massacre.
While Stephane became somewhat notorious to beginning protests, he also caused trouble on different fronts; there were several recorded fines against him for public drunkenness and brawling, spanning between 1760 and 1780.
Gallery
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Stephane performing his first assassination.
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