- Jules Solime Milscent
Jules Solime Milscent (1778 - 1842) was a
Haiti an fabulist, poet, and politician. He was amulatto , born inGrande-Rivière du Nord to a white French father and a free black mother. Educated in France, Milscent co-founded the periodical "L'Abeille Haytienne " and served in several government positions, including a seat on the commission to draft theHaitian Civil Code . He is best known for his fables, such as::"L'Homme, la Guêpe et le Serpent":"Le Cœur et l'Esprit":"L'Homme et le Serpent":"Le Chien et le Loup":"L'Enfant et la Sauterelle"Milscent was killed in the
1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake .References
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