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'''Étienne Victor Mentor''' ([[Saint-Pierre]], [[Martinique]], 26 December 1771 - after 1804) was a politician from [[Martinique]] who served and represented [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) in the French parliament from 1797-1799.<ref>Shelby Thomas McCloy ''The Negro in France'' 1973 "Finally there was Etienne Victor Mentor, Negro deputy to the Council of the Five Hundred from Santo Domingo, who was expelled from the Legislative Corps and from Paris after Napoleon's coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire."</ref> |
'''Étienne Victor Mentor''' ([[Saint-Pierre]], [[Martinique]], 26 December 1771 - after 1804) was a politician from [[Martinique]] who served and represented [[Saint-Domingue]] (now [[Haiti]]) in the French parliament from 1797-1799.<ref>Shelby Thomas McCloy ''The Negro in France'' 1973 "Finally there was Etienne Victor Mentor, Negro deputy to the Council of the Five Hundred from Santo Domingo, who was expelled from the Legislative Corps and from Paris after Napoleon's coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire."</ref> |
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He was Adjutant-General when elected a member of the [[Council of Five Hundred]] on 22 Germinal V year of the Republic, by 56 votes of 74 voters. He made a speech expressing the attachment of the negro population to the Republic and their fidelity to the Constitution of Year III. In July 30 1798 he spoke to demand payment of amounts due to the settlers or refugees deported, on October 16 to demonstrate for the [[abolition of slavery]] and request the deletion of claims relating to the sale of slaves, on April 28, 1799 to denounce Perrotin, another deputy for Saint-Domingue, who had called the British to the island. He voted, as the coup d'Etat of Brumaire neared, the motion that the "fatherland was in danger", and was expelled from the legislature on the 18th of Brumaire. Exiled in Paris, he obtained permission to travel to the colonies, and in 1801 sailed from Brest. During this trip, he rescued a sailor lost overboard. He returned to France in 1803, and was able to stay on condition of remaining thirty leagues from Paris. Back in Haiti in 1804, he became aide-de-camp to [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]], then passed under the command of Alexandre Pétion. No further news of him is found thereafer. |
He was Adjutant-General when elected a member of the [[Council of Five Hundred]] on 22 Germinal V year of the Republic, by 56 votes of 74 voters. He made a speech expressing the attachment of the negro population to the Republic and their fidelity to the Constitution of Year III. In July 30 1798 he spoke to demand payment of amounts due to the settlers or refugees deported, on October 16 to demonstrate for the [[abolition of slavery]] and request the deletion of claims relating to the sale of slaves, on April 28, 1799 to denounce Perrotin, another deputy for Saint-Domingue, who had called the British to the island. He voted, as the coup d'Etat of Brumaire neared, the motion that the "fatherland was in danger", and was expelled from the legislature on the 18th of Brumaire. Exiled in Paris, he obtained permission to travel to the colonies, and in 1801 sailed from Brest. During this trip, he rescued a sailor lost overboard. He returned to France in 1803, and was able to stay on condition of remaining thirty leagues from Paris. Back in Haiti in 1804, he became aide-de-camp to [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]], then passed under the command of Alexandre Pétion. No further news of him is found thereafer.<ref>[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=15806 Biographie extraite du ''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889'' (A. Robert et G. Cougny)]</ref> |
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*''Observations d'Étienne Mentor et Jean-Louis Annecy, députés de Saint-Domingue, sur l'opinion du citoyen Brothier, membre du Conseil des Anciens de Jean-Louis Annecy''. An VI de la République (= 1798) |
*''Observations d'Étienne Mentor et Jean-Louis Annecy, députés de Saint-Domingue, sur l'opinion du citoyen Brothier, membre du Conseil des Anciens de Jean-Louis Annecy''. An VI de la République (= 1798) |
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*''Dernier mot d'Étienne Mentor, représentant du peuple,... à Étienne Bruix, ministre de la Marine et des colonies.'' 21 ventôse, An VII de la République (= 1799) |
*''Dernier mot d'Étienne Mentor, représentant du peuple,... à Étienne Bruix, ministre de la Marine et des colonies.'' 21 ventôse, An VII de la République (= 1799) |
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<ref>[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=15806 Biographie extraite du ''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889'' (A. Robert et G. Cougny)] "Député au Conseil des Cinq-Cents, né à Saint.Pierre (Martinique) le 26 décembre 1771, mort à une date inconnue, était adjudant-général, lorsqu'il fut élu député de l'île de Saint-Domingue, le 22 germinal an V, au Conseil des Cinq-Cents, par 56 voix (74 votants). Il ne fut pas admis sans quelques difficultés et, à peine validé, il prononça un discours sur l'attachement des nègres à la République et sur leur fidélité inviolable à la Constitution de l'an III. Il reprit assez souvent la parole : le 30 juillet 1798 pour réclamer le paiement des sommes dues aux colons réfugiés ou déportés ; le 16 octobre pour manifester en faveur de l'abolition de la traite et demander la suppression des créances relatives aux ventes d'esclaves ; le 28 avril 1799 pour dénoncer Perrotin, député de Saint-Domingue, qui avait appelé les Anglais dans l'île. Il vota, à l'approche du coup d'Etat de brumaire, la motion sur la « patrie en danger », et fut exclu du corps législatif au 18 brumaire. Exilé de Paris, il obtint l'autorisation de se rendre aux colonies, et, en 1801, s'embarqua à Brest. Au cours de ce voyage, il sauva un matelot tombé à la mer. Il revint en France en 1803, et put y séjourner à la condition de rester à trente lieues de Paris. De retour à Saint-Domingue en 1804, il devint aide-da-camp de Dessalines, puis passa sous les ordres de Pétion. On perd sa trace à partir de cette époque. |
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Revision as of 11:48, 13 May 2012
Étienne Victor Mentor (Saint-Pierre, Martinique, 26 December 1771 - after 1804) was a politician from Martinique who served and represented Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) in the French parliament from 1797-1799.[1]
He was Adjutant-General when elected a member of the Council of Five Hundred on 22 Germinal V year of the Republic, by 56 votes of 74 voters. He made a speech expressing the attachment of the negro population to the Republic and their fidelity to the Constitution of Year III. In July 30 1798 he spoke to demand payment of amounts due to the settlers or refugees deported, on October 16 to demonstrate for the abolition of slavery and request the deletion of claims relating to the sale of slaves, on April 28, 1799 to denounce Perrotin, another deputy for Saint-Domingue, who had called the British to the island. He voted, as the coup d'Etat of Brumaire neared, the motion that the "fatherland was in danger", and was expelled from the legislature on the 18th of Brumaire. Exiled in Paris, he obtained permission to travel to the colonies, and in 1801 sailed from Brest. During this trip, he rescued a sailor lost overboard. He returned to France in 1803, and was able to stay on condition of remaining thirty leagues from Paris. Back in Haiti in 1804, he became aide-de-camp to Jean-Jacques Dessalines, then passed under the command of Alexandre Pétion. No further news of him is found thereafer.[2]
Published Speeches
- Observations d'Étienne Mentor et Jean-Louis Annecy, députés de Saint-Domingue, sur l'opinion du citoyen Brothier, membre du Conseil des Anciens de Jean-Louis Annecy. An VI de la République (= 1798)
- Dernier mot d'Étienne Mentor, représentant du peuple,... à Étienne Bruix, ministre de la Marine et des colonies. 21 ventôse, An VII de la République (= 1799)
- Demande adressée aux représentants du peuple composant le Conseil des Cinq-Cents, par Étienne Mentor, élu représentant du peuple par l'Assemblée électorale de Saint-Domingue tenue au Cap français, le 20 germinal. An V de la République, en vue d'être admis au Conseil des Cinq-Cents de Étienne Mentor (1797)
References
- ^ Shelby Thomas McCloy The Negro in France 1973 "Finally there was Etienne Victor Mentor, Negro deputy to the Council of the Five Hundred from Santo Domingo, who was expelled from the Legislative Corps and from Paris after Napoleon's coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire."
- ^ Biographie extraite du Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889 (A. Robert et G. Cougny)
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