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Born in 1822, Moïse Lara worked hard to leave his children extensive documentation of events that he witnessed, in addition to his convictions. Moïse married Oruno's mother Amélie Pédurand in 1879. They had four children: Hildevert-Adolphe (1876), Oruno (1879), Augereau and
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until 1919 and following traumas caused by the inhalation of gases used during the war, he was inspired to become a historian. Upon his return from war, he published a history of
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This legacy likely motivated Oruno Lara's publication of his book on
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who died of cholera in 1865. She often told stories from the times of her husband Moïse's demonstrations and political agitation against slavery and the colonial order. Oruno had another brother, Moïse's first son Sully Lara who wrote novels and essays.
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in 1849. That same year he participated in demonstrations against the electoral campaign for the legislative
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Oruno Lara's father Moïse Lara had been a slave until 1843. Moïse's mother
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Arnold, Albert James; Rodríguez-Luis, Julio; Dash, J. Michael (1994).
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