What year was Maude Paulin born in?
Maude Paulin is 52 years old, which would mean she was born in 1956. She brought over a Haitian orphan named Celestine and made the girl work 15 hours a day and sleep on the floor. Although Paulin was a teacher, Celestine received very little education. Celestine managed to escape in 2005 and Maude Paulin was charged with imprisoning and enslaving her. Paulin was sentenced to 7 years in prison in May 2008. From the AP story: Fla. woman gets 7 years in Haitian slavery case FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A former teacher was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for forcing a Haitian girl to work as a slave for years, each day of the week, in her South Florida home. Maude Paulin, 52, admitted she had made mistakes in bringing Simone Celestin to the U.S. and apologized for what happened, but insisted she wanted only good things for the girl. “I love Simone with all my heart,” Paulin told Senior U.S. District Judge Jose A. Gonzalez Jr. at a sentencing hearing. “I regret it. I
