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Elias Neau
(1662—1722)
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(b. 1662; d. 1722), catechist to slaves.
Born in France to Huguenot parents, Neau fled to the West Indies along with other French Protestants in 1679 to avoid persecution. There ...
From: Neau, Elias in Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619–1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass »
Subjects: History — Regional and National History
