Victor Hugues

(1762-1826)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hughes, Victor, d. 1826 LBT ID: ViHugue1826 VIAF ID: 34415000 LOC ID: nr2005020958	B/BAP: 1762-07-20 DIED: 1826-08-12
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Born in Marseille, he led a slave rebellion in British Guadeloupe which he then governed 1794-99.
REFERENCES TO Victor Hugues: Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 26 December 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XI. 1804-1805