Victor Hugues
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Jean-Baptiste Victor Hugues sometimes spelled Hughes (July 20, 1762 in
Early life and appointment
Jean-Baptiste Victor Hugues was born to a rich family of Marseille's bourgeoisie, son of Jean-François Hugues (1725–1789), a salesman, and Catherine Fodrin (1729–1822), issued from a family of silk traders of Saint-Étienne.
The family settled as
Conflicts with Great Britain and the United States
Following the signing of the
He ruled for four years before being recalled to France and was replaced by General Edme Desfourneaux. During that time, he purged the island of counter-revolutionaries, using a guillotine brought from France, and also worked to create a viable post-slavery regime, in which the island's farms and plantations still functioned.
Hugues is perhaps best known for authorizing
With an army composed of
Guiana
In 1799, Hugues was envoyed to
Upon his return, he was prosecuted for
Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier made Hugues protagonist of his acclaimed novel "El Siglo de las Luces" (Explosion in a Cathedral), published in 1962.
American author, James A. Michener, includes an accounting of Hugues' time spent on Guadeloupe in Michener's work of historical fiction: The Caribbean. In the chapter entitled 'The Creoles', Michener includes both historical facts about the man, and adds him to several fictional situations and plot twists. The Caribbean was published in 1989.
References
- ^ "Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, On line Marseille city records, St-Martin parish, picture 128, baptism of July 21, 1762". Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ CAOM, On line records, Cayenne death tables classified with 1825 year, picture 37.
- ^ James, C. L. R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, [1963] (Penguin Books, 2001), pp. 141-2.
- ^ Martin, Robert Montgomery (1839), "Chapter XIV.—Anguilla.", Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, North America, Asia, Austral-Asia, Africa, and Europe; comprising the Area, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Shipping, Custom Duties, Population, Education, Religion, Crime, Government, Finances, Laws, Military Defence, Cultivated and Waste Lands, Emigration, Rates of Wages, Prices of Provisions, Banks, Coins, Staple Products, Stock, Moveable and Immoveable Property, Public Companies, &c. of Each Colony; with the Charters and the Engraved Seals. From the Official Records of the Colonial Office., London: William H. Allen & Co., p. 102.
- ^ "Soufriere Foundation - St. Lucia". Archived from the original on 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
External links
- Hugues, Victor. "Guyane française. Code civil. Avec modifications, ordonnance coloniale du 1er Vendémiaire an XIV (23 septembre 1805), pour son introduction dans cette colonie", Cayenne, Imprimerie du roi, 1822. [1]
- Sainte-Croix de La Roncière, Georges de. "Grandes Figures coloniales : Victor Hugues, le conventionnel", Paris, chez l'auteur, 1932. [2]
- Lara Henri Adolphe. "Contribution de la Guadeloupe à la pensée française : 1635-1935", Paris, Jean Crès, 1936. [3]
- Brard, René. "Le dernier caraïbe", Bordeaux, chez l'auteur, 1849. [4]
See also
- Explosion in a Cathedral Alejo Carpentier: El Siglo de Las Luces. Seix Barral. Barcelona 1962