Al Pouessi, baptized Marthe Adélaïde Modeste Testas and known under the name of Modeste Testas (1765–1870) was an Ethiopian woman who was enslaved, purchased by Bordeaux merchants and subsequently freed after living on three continents. One of her descendants is a former president of Haiti, François Denys Légitime.
baptized by the Testas brothers in 1781, giving her the name Marthe Adelaïde ModesteTestas. The same year, she was transported with François Testas to their...
of slavery in France. A statue of ModesteTestas, an Ethiopian woman who was enslaved by the Bordeaux-based Testas brothers was unveiled in 2019. She...
the Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale (Women's Social Action League) ModesteTestas – formerly enslaved Ethiopian women, whose life is marked with a statue...
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