Jean François Canonge

Jean François Canonge

American judge (1784–1848)

📍 New Orleans, Louisiana USA

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Jean François Canonge was a Saint Dominican-born American lawyer, judge, slave owner, clerk, and politician. He was the judge who provided the deposition on the mistreatment of slaves by Delphine LaLaurie. Jean studied law with French American linguist and philosopher Peter Stephen Du Ponceau. He spoke French, Spanish, and Haitian Creole and functioned as an orator, linguist, and improviser for the Louisiana legislature as a clerk for over ten years. He translated Georgics into Haitian Creole and was the leader of the Supreme Council of Louisiana of Freemasonry. Records indicate Jean and his w

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