Pierre Etienne Chazotte was a French coffee and cocoa plantation owner in Haiti, who survived the uprising in June, 1804, when the slave population massacred the entire population of white citizens, with the exception of four or five who managed to escape. Perhaps because Pierre thought of and treated his slaves as his children, they helped him escape and hide on a ship which arrived in Baltimore, Md. June 10, 1804, according to the newspaper account. He became Peter Stephen Chazotte, having dual French and American citizenship.
He was a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, and was commissioned to explore Florida before it became part of the United States, in the hope of finding suitable land for growing coffee, and wine grapes. His name appears frequently in the Library of Congress records regarding the Florida exploration including a mentioned stipend of $50.00 per month for the support of his wife while he was exploring.
The original account of the Massacre, commissioned by the French Ambassador to the United States, is also in the Library of Congress in French, which was later published in English: "The Black Rebellion in Haiti", edited by Charles Wiltberger Platt, his grandson. (1869-1928)The account is tragic and painful to read, where he describes "blood in the streets up to the ankles" and atrocities done to the women and children before they were murdered. Letters written by Peter and to him by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe can also be read online from the Library of Congress website.
Peter is the son of Pierre and Anne (Thomas) Chazotte, of Eymet, Dordogne, Acquataine, France.
He was a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, and was commissioned to explore Florida before it became part of the United States, in the hope of finding suitable land for growing coffee, and wine grapes. His name appears frequently in the Library of Congress records regarding the Florida exploration including a mentioned stipend of $50.00 per month for the support of his wife while he was exploring.
The original account of the Massacre, commissioned by the French Ambassador to the United States, is also in the Library of Congress in French, which was later published in English: "The Black Rebellion in Haiti", edited by Charles Wiltberger Platt, his grandson. (1869-1928)The account is tragic and painful to read, where he describes "blood in the streets up to the ankles" and atrocities done to the women and children before they were murdered. Letters written by Peter and to him by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe can also be read online from the Library of Congress website.
Peter is the son of Pierre and Anne (Thomas) Chazotte, of Eymet, Dordogne, Acquataine, France.
Pierre Etienne Chazotte was a French coffee and cocoa plantation owner in Haiti, who survived the uprising in June, 1804, when the slave population massacred the entire population of white citizens, with the exception of four or five who managed to escape. Perhaps because Pierre thought of and treated his slaves as his children, they helped him escape and hide on a ship which arrived in Baltimore, Md. June 10, 1804, according to the newspaper account. He became Peter Stephen Chazotte, having dual French and American citizenship.
He was a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, and was commissioned to explore Florida before it became part of the United States, in the hope of finding suitable land for growing coffee, and wine grapes. His name appears frequently in the Library of Congress records regarding the Florida exploration including a mentioned stipend of $50.00 per month for the support of his wife while he was exploring.
The original account of the Massacre, commissioned by the French Ambassador to the United States, is also in the Library of Congress in French, which was later published in English: "The Black Rebellion in Haiti", edited by Charles Wiltberger Platt, his grandson. (1869-1928)The account is tragic and painful to read, where he describes "blood in the streets up to the ankles" and atrocities done to the women and children before they were murdered. Letters written by Peter and to him by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe can also be read online from the Library of Congress website.
Peter is the son of Pierre and Anne (Thomas) Chazotte, of Eymet, Dordogne, Acquataine, France.
He was a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, and was commissioned to explore Florida before it became part of the United States, in the hope of finding suitable land for growing coffee, and wine grapes. His name appears frequently in the Library of Congress records regarding the Florida exploration including a mentioned stipend of $50.00 per month for the support of his wife while he was exploring.
The original account of the Massacre, commissioned by the French Ambassador to the United States, is also in the Library of Congress in French, which was later published in English: "The Black Rebellion in Haiti", edited by Charles Wiltberger Platt, his grandson. (1869-1928)The account is tragic and painful to read, where he describes "blood in the streets up to the ankles" and atrocities done to the women and children before they were murdered. Letters written by Peter and to him by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe can also be read online from the Library of Congress website.
Peter is the son of Pierre and Anne (Thomas) Chazotte, of Eymet, Dordogne, Acquataine, France.
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