Item
Agent
General Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1697-1781)
- Summary Label
- Former Enslaved individual who became a Russian Army General.
- Title
- General Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1697-1781)
- Date of Birth
- 13 March 1697
- Date of Death
- 14 May 1781
- gender
- Male
- Hometown or Region
- Logone-et-Chari, Far North of Cameroon
- Freedom Status
- Transition
- Occupation
- Military Officer
- Biography
- Gen. Gannibal was put into slavery as a young boy at the age of eight years old, he was brought as a gift to Czar Peter I in November 1704. He was baptized under the name Abraham Petrovich and soon assumed the duties of the czar's valet and secretary. He was able to learn how to read and write, and in 1716, he enrolled at the Ecole d'Artillerie in France, where he received his military training and fought with the army of King Louis XV. Due to his education, Pushkin, his great-grandson, had a very privileged upbringing and education.
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- Connected Historical Actor(s)
- Czar Peter I, King Louis XV, Elizabeth of Russia & Prince Menshhikov
- Student Researcher
- Zoryana Wilson