Jean Marteilhe
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Jean Marteilhe | |
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| Born | 1684 |
| Died | November 6, 1777 (aged 92–93) |
| Known for | Autobiography "La Vie aux Galères" |
Jean Marteilhe (1684–1777) was a French huguenot writer.[1] Condemned to the galleys for his belief in 1701 and freed in 1713, he is one of the few former galley slaves to have written a slave narrative.
References
[edit]- ^ Gaston Tournier, Les Galères de France et les galériens protestants des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 1943-1949.
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