Modeste Testas
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Al Pouessi, baptized Marthe Adélaïde Modeste Testas and known under the name of Modeste Testas (1765-1870) was an Ethiopian woman who was born circa 1765, who was enslaved, purchased by Bordeaux merchants and subsequently freed after living on three continents. One of her descendants is a former president of Haiti, François Denys Légitime.
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