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Tag: Who was Pierre Toussiant (Venerable)?
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Pierre Toussiant (Venerable)
Venerable Pierreās (1766 – 1853) great grandmother was born in Africa but sold as a slave and taken to Saint-Domingue (Haiti). His grandmother and mother were born as Haitian slaves. He had a sister Rosalie. Pierre was himself a house slave working on the plantation of the Bernard family but was educated by their family…