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Louise
Fictional Character
Atlantis
POD: c 85,000,000 BCE;
Relevant POD: 1452
Appearance(s): The United States of Atlantis
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: Negro resident of Atlantis
Date of Birth: 18th Century
Date of Death: Unknown
Occupation: Slave
Spouse: None; child fathered by Victor Radcliff
Children: Nicholas Radcliff
Relatives: Frederick Radcliff (grandson)

Louise was a Negro slave woman belonging to French-Atlantean landholder Marcel Freycinet.[1] In 1777 Victor Radcliff bedded her after becoming very drunk off French brandy provided by the Marquis de La Fayette.[2] She gave birth to his son, Nicholas.[3] Radcliff offered to buy Louise and Nicholas from Monsieur Freycinet so that he could in turn emancipate them, but the Frenchman politely declined.[4]

The child, Nicholas, sired Frederick Radcliff, the slave who successfully led the Atlantean Servile Insurrection and ended slavery in Atlantis.[5]

References[]

  1. The United States of Atlantis, pg. 311.
  2. Ibid., pg. 279-281.
  3. Ibid., 312, 390.
  4. Ibid. pg. 318-319.
  5. Liberating Atlantis, generally.
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