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Louis Delgrès

1766–1802

Guadeloupe

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Biography

Delgrès led soldiers against Napoleon’s forces in 1802 and chose death at Matouba rather than surrender to the reinstatement of slavery.

c. 1686–c. 1755

c. 1801–1832

c. 1822–1865