Lumina Sophie
1848–1879
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- day labourer
Lumina Sophie, called "Surprise", nickname of Marie-Philomène Roptus (November 5, 1848 â September 15, 1879) was a heroine of the 1870 revolt on the island of Martinique, a French overseas department.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Prison of St-Laurent-du-MaroniDates unknown
Biography
Lumina Sophie, called "Surprise", nickname of Marie-Philomène Roptus (November 5, 1848 â September 15, 1879) was a heroine of the 1870 revolt on the island of Martinique, a French overseas department. She organized a group of insurgent women, the pétroleuses, who burned plantations and called on citizens to face local authority to free an unjustly convicted black sailor.
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