Madam Despinose
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02622
- Family Name
- Despinose
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Madam Despinose was an enslaver who resided in Burlington, NJ, in the early 19th century. Her first name is uncertain. She was an associate of Jean Andre Barbarroux (aka John Andrew Barbarroux), a French-born planter who relocated from Haiti to New Jersey during the Haitian Revolution, and Barbarroux helped Madam Despinose search for a Black woman named Marceline who ran away from Despinose in 1804.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Francophone
- Places
- Burlington
- Enslaver of
- Marceline (b. 1784)
- Related Person
- Jean Andre Barbarroux (d. 1825)
- Record Contributor
- Kate Jackson
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1804-09-14 Freedom Seeking: Marceline (Role: Enslaver, Advertiser)
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