Summary: Madame Berard, wife of a French plantation owner, fled the revolution in Haiti with her family and slaves and arrived in New York in 1787. One of her slaves, Pierre Toussaint, supported her for years on income from his hairdressing skills.
Summary: Madame Berard, wife of a French plantation owner, fled the revolution in Haiti with her family and slaves and arrived in New York in 1787. One of her slaves, Pierre Toussaint, supported her for years on income from his hairdressing skills.