The Abolitions of Slavery

This volume commemorates the first abolition of slavery, proclaimed by Léger Félicité Sonthonax in Saint-Domingue in 1793 and ratified by a decree of the National Convention in 1794, vividly portraying the complex developments that led to the decree of 1848, which permanently abolished slavery in the French domains.

It also represents the first critical evaluation of the state of research in France into the history of eradication of colonial slavery.

Finally, this volume also contains an important comparative element through the addition of papers focusing on the abolitionist movements in America, Britain and Spain.

UNESCO Publishing / Berghahn Books, 384 p. 
ISBN 92-3-103167-8