Jean-Baptiste Belley was a native of Senegal, a former slave of Haiti, but during his lifetime, he also was elected to represent the colony at the third government of the French Revolution, and he advocated strongly for the abolition of slavery.
그는 세네갈 원주민이었고 아이티 공화국에서 노예생활을 하였으며 일생동안 식민지를 대표하는 직책에 선출되기도 했습니다. 프랑스 제3공화국 시절에요. 그리고 노예제 폐지를 강력하게 주장했던 사람이었지요.