Camille Pissarro was born on July 10th, 1830 in Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas. His parents were Abraham Gabriel Pissarro and Rachel Manzana-Pomie. The main thing that made his family stand out was the fact that his father was of Portuguese Jewish descent and his mother was of Creole descent. The reason for this causing his family to stand out from the others was the fact that his community looked down upon his father for marrying someone who was black. Since Camille Pissarro and his siblings were of partial black descent, they were forced into attending an all black school. Later on in his life when Camille Pissarro was twelve years old, he was sent off by his parents to attend a boarding school in Paris where he would begin to appreciate French
