Parcours contrastés des abolitionnistes Cyrille Bissette et Victor Schoelcher by Léo Ursulet

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
tanlistwa, Parcours contrastés des abolitionnistes Cyrille Bissette et Victor Schoelcher, Léo Ursulet, 2022

So today I'm talking about a new book Parcours contrastés des abolitionnistes Cyrille Bissette et Victor Schoelcher by Léo Ursulet, which recounts the parallel paths of the two important figures in the anti-slavery struggle in France in the first half of the 19th century.

Liberty, Perrinon, Lamartine… Freed Names that Celebrate the French Abolition of slavery in 1848

Publié le par Jessica Pierre-Louis
Registre d'invidiualité, Liberty Suzette

In 1848, after years of struggle and resistance, more or less 70,000 slaves from Martinique finally gained freedom. This change of status is accompanied by a " taking of a name ". So today I'm talking about the family names that celebrate the abolition of slavery and the new status of freed men as citizens in 1848.