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1767-10-06

Henry Christophe was born at Sauteurs on the island of Grenada.

Haitian

Henry Christophe, a *griffe*, that is to say the son of a *nègre* and a *mulâtre*, was born in the quarter of Sauteurs, on the island of Grenada (1), on 6 October 1767 (2); an enslaved man, he was held to a purely domestic service.

Source  ·  p. 150 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 4 (Paris: Auguste Durand, 1857), p. 150; English translation, Rasanblaj.