Monette (slave)

She gave birth to three educated children and married into prominent families of the Great Lakes regions of present-day Michigan and Ontario, Canada.

Her daughter Madeline was married to Dr. Robert Richardson, the surgeon of the Queen's Rangers stationed at Fort George.

One of Monette and Askin's son-in-law states in a letter that his Native American mother-in-law was an enslaved Pawanee who was captured in war.

[1] Located overlooking Lake Michigan, it was about 20 miles (32 km) east of Fort Michilimackinac where her husband operated his fur trading business.

[10] According to Milo M. Quaife, "known facts concerning Askin's character during his long career are such as to give assurance that his treatment of her [Monette] was both honorable and kind, judged by the standards of his time and environment.

[10] As an enslaved woman, Monette was subject to serial rape, which resulted in the births of two daughters and a son.

[2] In 1801, John Jr. became a collector of customs in Amherstburg, Upper Canada, and six years later, he worked at St. Joseph Island, for the Indian Department.

[9] She visited her sister Catherine in the winter of 1793, where she met and married Dr. Robert Richardson, who was a surgeon of the Queen's Rangers at Fort George.

Her son John Richardson was born October 4, 1796, in Queenston at his aunt Catherine's residence or at Fort George.

[16] John returned to his parents when they were moved to Amherstburg when Dr. Richardson was posted at Fort Malden, where their son Robert was born.