La Mulâtresse Solitude

La Mulâtresse Solitude was a historical figure and heroine in the fight against slavery on French Guadeloupe. She was imprisoned and executed by French forces after their suppression of the 1802 insurrection against the reinstatement of slavery in Guadeloupe, which culminated in mass suicide in the battle of Matouba. She has become the subject of legend and a symbol of women's resistance in the struggle against slavery in the history of the island.