Elias Neau

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Elias Neau, Elie Naud
Born
Élie Neau

1662
Died7 September 1722
NationalityFrench

Elias Neau (1662 – 7 September 1722), born Élie Neau, in Moëze, Saintonge, was a French Huguenot. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685, he was a Huguenot refugee in New York where he was a prosperous merchant. In 1692, he was captured by a French privateer near Jamaica, and later, as a Protestant, was sentenced to a life sentence as a galley slave then imprisoned in Marseille.[1] He was released in 1698, following the intercession of King William III.[1] He was then elected to the position of elder of the French church in New York.[1] In 1706, he secured passage of a bill in New York stating that slaves could be catechized.[2][3] The Episcopal Church commemorates him as a "witness to the faith" on September 7.

See also[]

Château d'If

References[]

Citations
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Wheeler 1999.
  2. ^ Wheeler 2005.
  3. ^ Leone & Potter 1999.
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Further reading[]

  • Whelan, Ruth (2011). "The extraordinary voyage of Elie Neau (1662-1722) naturalized Englishman and French protestant galley slave". Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 29 (4): 499–527.
  • Van H. Sauter, Suzanne (14 April 2012). "Elias Neau (c.1622-1722). Also known as Elie Naud: Huguenot, refugee, Ship Captain, Prisoner, Poet, Merchant, Catechist, Teacher". Presentation to the Huguenot Society of North Carolina.


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