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Sanite Bélair

Header: Sanite Bélair
Also known as: Sanite Bélair; primary name: Bélair, Suzanne; other name: Bélair, Sanite
Details: individual; revolutionary/activist; Haitian; Female
Other dates: 1781-1802 (active)
Biography: An affranchis (emancipated slave) that fought with Toussaint Louverture's troops as a sergeant in the Haitian revolution. In 1796 she had married Charles Bélair, who fought with Toussaint as a Brigade Commander and later as a General. She was captured and excecuted along with her husband in 1802.