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Abraham Moïse (1736-1809) was a French-American plantation owner in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). After the Haitian Revolution, he became a merchant of cloth and tea in Charleston, South Carolina.

Early life
Abraham Moïse was born in 1736 in Strasbourg, France. He emigrated to Saint-Domingue, arriving in Cap-Haïtien.

Career
He became a merchant on Sint Eustatius and owned a large plantation in North West Saint-Domingue. In 1791, due to the slave rebellion of the Haitian Revolution, he emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, where he became a merchant of cloth and tea.

Personal life
He married Sarah Moïse (1762-1842), whose family owned large plantations on Sint Eustatius. After living on their own plantation in Saint-Domingue, they resided on Queen Street in Charleston, South Carolina and attended the Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. They had nine children:
 * Cherie Moise (1781-1823). He married Esther (Moses) Moïse (1784-1860); they had two children, Rachel E. Moïse Levy (1802-1833) and Cordelia (Moïse) Cohen (1810-1869) and lived in New York City.
 * Aaron Moïse, Sr. (1783-1852). He married Camillus T. Moïse (1817-1844).
 * Hyam Moïse (1785-1811). He married Cecelia Francis (Woolf) Moise (1789-1871), and they had two children: Theodore Sidney Moïse (1808-1885) and Edwin Warren Moïse (1810-1868).
 * Benjamin Moïse (1790-1824). He married Rebecca (Levy) Moïse.
 * Rachel (Moïse) Levy (1796-1872).
 * Penina Moïse (1797-1880). She became a renowned poet.
 * Jacob Moïse (1798-1837). He married Rebecca Catherine (Cohen) Moise (1800-1884) and they had a daugher, Rosalie Cecile Moise Ottolengui (1835-1914).
 * Abraham Moïse II (1799-1869). He married Caroline Agnes (Moses) Moise (1808-1880).
 * Isaac Moïse (1800-1857). He married Hetty (Lopez) Moise (1805-1885).

Death
He died on May 8, 1809 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was buried in the Coming Street Cemetery in Charleston.