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François, Vicomte de Souillac was born on July 2 1732 in Périgord. He was Governor General of Pondichéry, Réunion He entered the navy in 1749 and he was named governor of Bourbon (modern Réunion) on December 23 1775. On October 15, 1776 the Governor De Souillac created by ordinance, the "Quartier du Repos de Laleu". The ordinance of March 8, 1777 tried moraliser hunting for the runaway slaves.
On May 1, 1779 he became Governor General by interim of the islands of Mauritius and Bourbon. On January 30, 1780 he was confirmed in that station. As Governor General, the interests of the island of France became his first concerns. Thus he requisitioned, in Bourbon, the two hundred best blacks of the Workshops of the King for the needs for the island of Mauritius. He left that area in 1787.
Today a village of Mauritius perpetuates his memory. There is a street named on him in Pondichéry.
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