French anti-slavery: the movement for the abolition of slavery in France 1802 - 1848

"This book provides a detailed study of French anti-slavery forces during this period of the first half of the nineteenth century, explaining why France abolished colonial slavery fifteen years later than Britain but fifteen years before emancipation in the United States. It traces the largely...

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Main Author: Jennings, Lawrence C. 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2000
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This book provides a detailed study of French anti-slavery forces during this period of the first half of the nineteenth century, explaining why France abolished colonial slavery fifteen years later than Britain but fifteen years before emancipation in the United States. It traces the largely political struggle of a cautious, elitist group of humanitarians against a well-organized colonial lobby and a largely indifferent July Monarchy government. The few radical, determined abolitionists, like the black Cyrille Bissette, were too marginal to move French public opinion and bring about abolition until the Revolution of 1848 brought the Second Republic to power."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:X, 320 S.
ISBN:0521772494
9780521028783

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