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Louis Celeste Lecesne (c. 1796 or 1798 – 22 November 1847), also known as Lewis Celeste Lecesne, was an anti-slavery activist from the Caribbean islands. Lecesne was on a committee to improve the rights of free men of colour. He was arrested twice, and transported for life from Jamaica with John Escoffery.
Lewis or Louis Celeste Lecesne was the free man of colour expelled with John Escoffery from Jamaica to St Domingo in 1824, then finding their way to Britain where the case was taken up by Stephen Lushington and became subject of a libel suit arising from John Murray's publication of George W. Bridges writings about the case.
Nov 14, 2016 · 5. Louis Celeste Lecesne: a fugitive who proved his innocence. Louis Celeste Lecesne fled penniless to England after a secret committee on the island of Jamaica exiled him to St Domingo. ‘The Anti-Slavery Society Convention’, 1840, by artist Benjamin Robert Haydon. © National Portrait Gallery, London.
Oct 8, 2023 · Born a free man in the Carribean, Louis Celeste Lecesne was deported from Jamaica with accomplice John Escoffery by the Duke of Manchester in 1824.
In the years leading up to his death, Lecesne, together with his second wife, Charlotte, and their teenage son, Louis Celeste, interacted with a host of church and gov-ernment authorities and notaries, leaving behind a tortuous paper trail across various archives.
James Celeste Lecesne (born November 24, 1954) is an American actor, author, screenwriter, and LGBT rights activist, best known for the Academy-award-winning short film Trevor. Lecesne has written several books including Absolute Brightness and Virgin Territory, and is also active in the entertainment industry as an actor and producer.
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Louis Celeste Lecesne (c1798 – 22 November 1847) an anti-slavery activist from the Caribbean, on a committee to improve the rights of free men of colour, was arrested twice, and transported for life from Jamaica with John Escoffery, his brother-in-law.
