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Gaou Guinou.
African prince of the Allada people who was captured and enslaved by his brother in 1724
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Gaou Guinou (1698–unknown) was an African prince of Allada in the Kingdom of Allada, and was claimed to be the grandfather of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution. He may have been in the royal family of Allada as well as a member of the Fon people. In Abomey, Hussar allied with King Agaja of Dahomey. Agaja invaded and conquered Allada in 1724. According to the autobiography of L’Ouverture, Gaou Guinou was born around the year 1698 and lived to be over 106 years old.
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