Joseph Ignace: African Son of Guadeloupe, Guardian of Freedom
Joseph Ignace of Guadeloupe (c. 1769–1802) was a renowned freedom fighter and French Republican military officer, celebrated as one of the foremost heroes of Guadeloupe’s...
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Louis Delgrès: Resistance leader against the Maafa in Guadeloupe
Louis Delgrès was an African-Caribbean freedom fighter who led the 1802 resistance in Guadeloupe against Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt to restore the Maafa, and chose death...
Solitude of Guadeloupe: Warrior, Mother, and Eternal Symbol of Resistance
Solitude was born into the Maafa in Guadeloupe around 1772, the daughter of an African woman who was raped aboard a slave ship by a French...