Modeste Testas
Enslaved African woman · Lived 1765 to 1870 · aged 105
Al Pouessi, baptized Marthe Adélaïde Modeste Testas and known under the name of Modeste Testas was an Ethiopian woman who was enslaved, purchased by Bordeaux merchants and subsequently freed after living on three continents. One of her grandsons is a former president of Haiti, François Denys Légitime.
Modeste Testas is read about 13 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Deceased
Dates
Lived 1765 to 1870 · aged 105