#  Hutchins Center: Philippe Girard: Nathan I. Huggins Lectures (1 of 3) 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 27, 2015** 

 04:00PM - 04:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

**Philippe Girard**, Professor of History and Department Head, McNeese State University

**Profiles in Courage: Four Forgotten Figures of the Haitian Revolution**

- October 27th: **Jean-Baptiste Belley**
- ****Lecture 1:**** Jean-Baptiste Belley was a black freedman who traveled from Haiti to France in 1794 to convince the French parliament to pass a law abolishing slavery. Amazingly, he succeeded (becoming the first black deputy in the French parliament in the process), only to meet a tragic end as Napoléon Bonaparte later reneged on emancipation. **[Read more...](http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events-lectures/events/october-27-2015-400pm/philippe-girard-nathan-i-huggins-lectures-1-3)**



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Elsewhere at Harvard ](/events/elsewhere)
 
 

 Share on:- [     Facebook ](#)
- [     Twitter ](#)
- [     Linkedin ](#)
 


 Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/node/527176/event-feed.ics)  Copy link link