About Antoine Quartier
Lived 1632 – 1702 (aged 69–70). Antoine Quartier was a French memoirist and slave.
Antoine Quartier (1632–1702) was a French memoirist, who wrote about his experiences being enslaved in Tripoli. His memoir was published as L'Esclave religieux et ses avantures.
He fell victim to the Barbary slave trade after having been abducted by the barbary corsairs and sold in Libya, where he lived as a slave between 1660 and 1668. After having returned to France, he wrote a memoir of his experience as a slave, which is a rare description of slavery in Libya, most barbary slave narratives depicting slavery in Alger and Morocco.
Joined the Paris Congregation of the Order of Mercy in 1671. He was ordained priest after September 1676.
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Who was Antoine Quartier?
French memoar writer
When was Antoine Quartier born?
Antoine Quartier was born in 1632.
When did Antoine Quartier die?
Antoine Quartier died in 1702.
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Antoine Quartier was a memoirist and slave.
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Antoine Quartier was French.
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