Jeanne Odo
Appearance

Jeanne Odo or citizen Andotte was born in Port-au-Prince[1] and was a former slave, an abolitionist of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), and a supercentenarian.
Aged 114, she presented herself to the National Convention in Paris and called for the abolition of slavery.[2][3]
She was enthusiastically received, accompanied by a delegation of Blacks, at the Jacobin Club by the deputies François Louis Bourdon de l'Oise, Chabot, Maximilien de Robespierre, Jeanbon Saint-André, Legendre, Maure, and other members on June 3, 1793. Everyone applauded when Chabot swore solidarity with Black people.[4]

See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860, vol. Volume 1; Volume 66, Librairie administrative de P. Dupont, 1904 (read here), p.57
- ^ "Jeanne Odo, Paris, 17 May, 1793". thepublicarchive.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Black abolitionists in France". abolition.nypl.org. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ Jean-Daniel Piquet (2002), p. 255-25.