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Devil's Island

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Dev·il's Island  (dvlz)
An island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana. A French penal colony after the 1850s, it was used mainly for political prisoners, including Alfred Dreyfus (sequestered 1894-1899).
Devil's Island
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(Placename) one of the three Safety Islands, off the coast of French Guiana: formerly a leper colony, then a French penal colony from 1895 until 1938. Area: less than 2 sq. km (1 sq. mile) French name Île du Diable


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In July 1906, France's Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court) overturned the treason conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jewish army officer who had spent five years on Devil's Island for high treason and an additional seven years trying to clear his name.
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hominivorax was first found to be infesting people in the penal colony of Devil's Island in French Guiana in 1858.
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