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 the lack of dynamism among French abolitionists.<
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