Our understanding had always been that Felix Darfour came to Haiti with an Ardouin from France. He brought with him a French wife and, after his execution in 1822, she presumably returned to Europe. Surprisingly, Felix Darfour had a daughter whose birth was registered in Port-au-Prince the year he was killed. Born in Bizoton, she was a fille naturelle of Darfour with a woman named Juilliete Pierre Louis. We wonder if Marie Louise's mother ever told her about her father from Darfur and his interesting tale connecting Haiti, France, and Darfur. We would love to know more of Darfour's origins, too. Was he Runga or from some other ethnic group near Darfur? Was he Fur?
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