Josephine Premice Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Josephine Premice Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Josephine Mary Premice (July , â€" April , ) was a Haitian-American

actress and singer known for her work on the Broadway stage.Josephine

Mary Premice was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of

Thelomaine and Lucas Premice. Her parents were part of the Haitian

aristocracy who fled Haiti after her father, Lucas Premice, who

allegedly had claim to the title Count de Brodequin, was part of a

failed rebellion to try to overthrow the dictator of the country.

Lucas was imprisoned in Guiana. He and a fellow prisoner to whom he

was chained escaped and fled through the woods to friends that awaited

them on the coast. On the third day of their journey, the other man

died, and Lucas is said to have had to cut off the man's arm to free

himself from the chains. He was brought to France, where he learned to

cut fur for the couturiers. He eventually immigrated to New York in

the early s.Premice and her sister, Adele, were given the education

and training of an "at-home finishing school" and treated like part of

the elite, at a time when African Americans were treated as

second-class citizens, even in the northern states.
Josephine Premice Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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