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Gaou Guinou was an African prince who has been claimed to be the grandfather of famed Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture. He may have been in the royal family of Allada as well as a member of the Fon people. He was reportedly captured and enslaved by his brother, Hussar, and his wife, Queen Aitta in 1724.
31 de jul. de 2023 · The short answer is YES. Toussaint’s father was Gaou Guinou, an African prince and the son of King Soso of the Allada People. Allada is located in West Africa, today’s southern Benin, and was founded around the 13th century by Aja settlers.
1 de dic. de 2008 · Toussaint Louverture (ca. 1743–1803) was a Haitian general and leader of the Haitian Revolution. Toussaint Louverture is thought to have been born enslaved around 1739–1746 on the plantation of Bréda at Haut de Cap on the northern coast of Saint-Domingue, present day Haiti. His father, Gaou Guinou was the son of the king of ...
28 de feb. de 2016 · Most histories identify Toussaint’s father as Gaou Guinou, a younger son of the King of Allada (also spelled Arrada), a West African historical kingdom located in modern-day Benin, who had been captured in war and sold into slavery.
Louverture's son Issac would later name his great-grandfather, Hyppolite's father, as Gaou Guinou and a son of the King of Allada, although there is little extant evidence of this. The name Gaou possibly originated in the title Deguenon, meaning "old man" or "wise man" in the Allada kingdom, making Gaou Guinou and his son Hyppolite ...
Toussaint Louverture, hijo de esclavos, nació el 20 de mayo de 1743 en Cabo Francés, Santo Domingo, hoy Cap-Haïtien, Haití. Sus padres, Gaou Guinou y Pauline Louverture, fueron propiedad de diferentes dueños.
8 de feb. de 2024 · It is believed his father was Gaou Guinou, the younger son of the king of Allada, a West African kingdom. His family was sold into slavery and sent to the Caribbean. Toussaint was fortunate to...
