13 Facts About Victor Mazuline

Victor Petit-Frere Mazuline was a French politician from Martinique.

Victor Mazuline was elected as a people's representative in the first legislative elections held after the abolition of slavery in the colonies, the first black deputy from Martinique.

Victor Mazuline left Martinique in 1802 with his master, Marshal Mottet, chief of the gendarmerie, who took him to the United States aged thirteen, then to France, where Mottet freed him.

When de Pansey's daughter married Joseph Marie de Pernety, a general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Victor Mazuline followed to the new household.

Victor Mazuline married Anne Claude Chapuis, maid to de Pansey's daughter, who was originally from Haute-Saone.

Uranie Victor Mazuline studied well, passing her aptitude exams at the Hotel de Ville.

Victor Mazuline eventually left the service of de Pernety, becoming a rentier in Paris.

Victor Mazuline was an active campaigner, acting as the general treasurer of "" an abolitionist association, and took part in the editorial committee of Cyrille Bissette's publication,.

Victor Mazuline was elected as the representative of Martinique to the Constituent Assembly, by 18,504 votes out of 20,698 voters, as a substitute for Bissette, whose election was annulled because of a former conviction.

Victor Mazuline paid tribute to the newly constituted state in the following terms:.

Victor Mazuline voted against the sanction of the Constitution by the people, for the Constitution as a whole and against the proposal of Jean-Pierre Rateau.

Victor Mazuline obtained a leave of absence and took no part in the subsequent votes.

Victor Mazuline did not stand in the 1849 elections to set up the National Assembly.