By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare ORIGINS Abdaraya Toya “Victoria Montou” was born in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey (in Modern-day Benin) around 1739. She was a warrior there, before she was eventually captured and sold into involuntary servitude on the French slave colony of Saint-Domingue (which would later be renamed Haiti after independence ). LIFE … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: VICTORIA MONTOU-THE DAHOMEY AFRICAN WARRIOR WHO BECAME A SLAVE, WHO BECAME A HAITIAN REVOLUTION COMMANDER,  WHO BECAME A DUCHESS OF HAITI