Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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The Chevalier De Stange George
Joseph Bolon was born to an aristocratic colonists and plantation owner, Charles Bolon. His mother was enslaved and his father is a noble, so he inherits his father's name. He went to France to go to school in 1748 - unusual as most children spend their lives in the Caribbean. The Chevalier de Stange George also had a daughter, and like most French aristocrats, with illegitimate, dual heritage children, Joseph's father gave his son his name. It wasn't particularly her choice because at the time she didn't have a say on the matter, a black child could not really inherit. A white father's land under the Córdnueix or
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