Olivier Le Jeune (died (1654-05-10)May 10, 1654) was an Afro-Canadian man noted as the first recorded slave purchased in New France.
Although he was a black African, he may have also been of partial Malay ancestry, which would have been quite common as Madagascar had been originally settled by diverse peoples of Southeast Asia and Oceania as well as Africa.
[3] Shortly afterwards, the boy was sold to Olivier Le Baillif, a French clerk in the pay of the expeditionary force which captured the settlement.
[1][2] It is believed that by the time of his death his official status was changed from that of slave to that of free "domestic servant".
A commemorative plaque is located at Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site, 175 de l'Espinay Street, Québec.