Career
He was a mulatto, born in Grande-Rivière du Nord to a white French father and a free black mother. Educated in France, Milscent co-founded the periodical L"Abeille Haytienne and served in several government positions, including a seat on the commission to draft the Haitian Civil Code. He is best known for his fables, such as:
L"Homme, la Guêpe et le Serpent
Le Cœur et l"Esprit
L"Homme et le Serpent
Le Chien et le Loup
L"Enfant et la Sauterelle
Milscent was killed in the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake.
