Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges was born December 25, 1745, on a plantation near Basse-Terre on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. His mother, Anne Nanon, was a slave-mistress to his father, the nobleman George de Bologne de Saint-Georges. Saint-Georges was educated in France, where his father became Gentleman of the King's Chamber. At […]
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