User:Geo Swan/Olivier Letardif
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Olivier Letardif | |
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| Born | 1604[1] |
| Nationality | France |
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| Occupation(s) | settler, fur trader, translator, colonial administrator, judge |
| Known for | First Quebecer to purchase an African slave |
Olivier Letardif was an early French settler in Quebec.[2] He was the first European to purchase an African slave, in Quebec, buying a seven year old boy later baptized Olivier Le Jeune, in 1627, from David Kirke, who had captured and occupied Quebec, during the Anglo-French War of (1627–1629).[3][4]
Letardif was recruited by Samuel Champlain, probably in Honfleur, Normandy, probably prior to 1621.[1] He worked as a clerk, and as a fur trader, where he was noted for quickly learning several of the languages of First Nations peoples.
Most North Americans named Tardif, or some variation thereof, are said to be his descendants.[5]
References
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David Hackett Fischer (2008). Champlain's Dream. Simon and Schuster. p. 381, 457, 502. ISBN 9781416596660. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
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Marcel Trudel. "Le Jeune, Olivier, a servant of Guillaume Couillard". Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
We do not know whether Couillard treated him as a slave or set him free, for in the burial register Olivier is listed as a servant. No text certifies that he was a slave. His situation may very well have been the same as that of the Indian girls Charité and Espérance, whom Champlain was unable to obtain permission to take to France and whom Couillard adopted.
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Ethel M. G. Bennett. "ROLET (Rollet), MARIE (Dufeu ; Hébert; Hubou), daughter of Jehan Rollet, gunner of the king, and Anne Cogu". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Maureen G. Elgersman (2014). Unyielding Spirits: Black Women and Slavery in Early Canada and Jamaica. Routledge. pp. 7, 17. ISBN 9781135677534.
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Michel Tardif. Olivier Letardif And His Descendants Of The Beauce : Collection Of Genealogical Studies And Biographical Complements. University of Wisconsin - Madison. p. 8, 12. ISBN 9782980278105. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
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Category:French emigrants to Canada Category:17th century in Quebec