Jules Solime Milscent

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Jules Solime Milscent (1778 - 1842) was a Haitian fabulist, poet, and politician. He was a mulatto, born in Grande-Rivière du Nord to a white French father and a free black mother. Educated in France, Milscent co-founded the periodical L'Abeille Haytienne and served in several government positions, including a seat on the commission to draft the Haitian Civil Code. He is best known for his fables, such as:

L'Homme, la Guêpe et le Serpent

Le Cœur et l'Esprit

L'Homme et le Serpent

Le Chien et le Loup

L'Enfant et la Sauterelle

Milscent was killed in the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake.

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• Schutt-Ainé, Patricia; Staff of Librairie Au Service de la Culture (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture, p. 89. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0. 

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