caribbean

First edition. The slave trade was banned in France in 1818, but slavery itself only abolished in French colonies in 1848. This abolitionist pamphlet gives several instances of the recent mistreatment of enslaved people in the Caribbean and detailed accounts of associated legal cases. It also reproduces a Martinique newspaper advertisement for the sale of animals, the property of an enslaved person, dated 16 May 1847. The rear wrappers advertises 12 more works and pamphlets on the issue of slavery published by Pagnerre, including Schoelcher’s influential polemic Colonies françaises (1842) and his Colonies étrangères et Haïti (1843). Worldcat lists US copies at University of Maryland, and JCB.