Euphemia Toussaint was freed by her uncle, Pierre Toussaint, a formerly enslaved man from Haiti who became a very successful entrepreneur & philanthropist in New York. She wrote him weekly letters in English & French. This one is from June 20, 1828. - ThreadSky

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Euphemia Toussaint was freed by her uncle, Pierre Toussaint, a formerly enslaved man from Haiti who became a very successful entrepreneur & philanthropist in New York. She wrote him weekly letters in English & French. This one is from June 20, 1828.

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latelyliberal.bsky.social•62 days ago

What a lovely letter! Sad to think that American children in public schools today will never ne able to read it because cursive is no longer being taught in most elementary classrooms.

propcazhpm.bsky.social•56 days ago

Was just reading about Pierre Toussaint

Free link: https://archive.ph/CTyLM

He was born enslaved in 1781 on a sugar cane plantation in Saint-Domingue (Haiti). While enslaved, he was hairdresser and confidant to Mary Ann Schuyler, a wealthy New Yorker. After she freed him on her deathbead, he prospered.