1797 portrait of Jean-Baptiste Balley-Mars by Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson. Balley-Mars "who represented Saint-Domingue in the French National Convention in Paris in 1794, is widely credited with persuading that body to abolish slavery in France and its overseas colonies." He was kidnapped when he was a boy from Goree and sent as a slave to Saint-Domingue. In later years he was able to buy his freedom and served in the French military, fighting against the British during the American Revolutionary war. Here he wears a French officers uniform with a sash and hat with tricolor panache. . . . . #historicalgarments #menswearmonday #menswear #mensfashion #fashionhistory #18thcentury #18thcenturyfashion #jeanbaptistebelley #annelouisgirodettrison #Haiti #France #frenchmilitary #abolotionist #blackhistory #history #breeches #panache #POC #frenchassembly #americanrevolution (at Château de Versailles) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoICaM1lofe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q9gqtzrbouem
