Marie Thérèse Coincoin

Biography

Marie Thérèse dite Coincoin, also known Marie Thérèse Métoyer (born Coincoin with no surname; August 1742 – 1816), was a planter, slave owner, and businesswoman at the colonial Louisiana outpost of Natchitoches, later known as Natchitoches Parish. A Louisiana Creole of color, Coincoin was born into slavery. Her freedom was purchased in 1778 by Claude Thomas Pierre Métoyer, with whom she had a long liaison and ten children.

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