Guillaume de FÉLICE
Émancipation immédiate et complète des esclaves. Appel aux abolitionnistes[Immediate and Complete Emancipation of Slaves. An Appeal to Abolitionists]
Delay|Paris 1846|13.4 x 21.5 cm|Broché
Rare first edition (cf. Sabin, 24009. Ryckebusch, 3167.)
Our copy is presented in wrappers, preserved in a modern marbled paper chemise, with a printed title label mounted on the upper cover.
Red ink stamps on certain leaves.
Staining and dampmarking to the first and last pages.
For the pastor de Félice (1803-1871), there exist "three very distinct classes of abolitionists: apparent abolitionists, the temporisers, and those who are called pure abolitionists", a category in which he places himself.
In correspondence with Schoelcher and Bissette, whose efforts he supports, Guillaume de Felice advocates an "immediate and complete" abolition and criticises t
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