Elias Neau

Elias Neau (1662 – 7 September 1722), born Élie Neau, in Moëze, Saintonge, was a French Huguenot who was imprisoned in the Bastille, went to New York where he was a prosperous merchant, and on visiting France in the 1690s was sentenced to a life sentence as a galley slave.[1] After being freed, he became an Anglican catechist to "Negroes and Indians". In 1706, he secured passage of a bill in New York stating that slaves could be catechized.[2][3]

The Episcopal Church commemorates him as a "witness to the faith" on September 7.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Elias Neau". American National Biography.
  2. ↑ Huguenot Refugees in Colonial New York: Becoming American in the Hudson Valley Paula Wheeler Carlo; Sussex Academic Press, Apr 1, 2014; page 61
  3. ↑ Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism Mark P. Leone, Parker B. Potter; Springer Science & Business Media, 1999; page 89
  4. ↑ Frausto, Nancy A. (September 7, 2010). "September 7: Elie Naud, Huguenot Witness to the Faith, 1722". Holy Women, Holy Men. The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of the Episcopal Church. Retrieved May 12, 2016. Elie Naud, remembered as Mystic of the Galleys and Servant of Slaves


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