Roger GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX
L'Emancipation aux Antilles françaises. Etat actuel des colonies. - Travail libre. - Mulâtres. - L'Anglais, son prolétariat, l'Irlande. - L'esclavage en Angleterre[Emancipation in the French West Indies. Present State of the Colonies. – Free Labor. – Mulattoes. – The English, their Proletariat, Ireland. – Slavery in England]
Dauvin & Fontaine|Paris 1844|14 x 22.5 cm|Broché
Rare first edition (cf. Sabin 28075).
The CCFr records only 2 copies: Paris (BnF) and Saint-Geniez-d'Olt (Aveyron).
Spine discreetly restored, small corner losses to soiled boards, author's name crossed out in ink on the title page, some foxing.
This study, intended to reconcile the interests of France, the Black population, and the planters in the question of the emancipation of slaves, comprises the following sections: I. Usefulness of the colonies. – II. Opposing influences on the colonies. – III. Systems [of emancipation]. – IV. Compensation. – V. Religious means. – VI. Present moral state of the colonies. – VII. Free labor. – VIII. The mulattoes. – IX. Comparison be
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