Abdaraya Toya "Victoria Montou" was a Dahomey warrior and freedom fighter in the army of Jean-Jacques Dessalines during the Haitian Revolution. Before the Revolution she and Dessalines had been enslaved on the same estate, and the two remained close throughout her life, with Dessalines calling her his aunt.
Activists born in the 1730s 5
About this person
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1739 to 1805 · aged 66
Written about in
8 languages
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