The French Colonial Question 1789-1791.

Dealings of the Constituent Assembly With Problems Arising From the Revolution in the West Indies


A study of the issues of politics, slavery, and slave insurrections in the French colonies in the West Indies. Includes much on Saint-Domingue (today Haiti) and Santo Domingo (today the Dominican Republic); French politician, Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave (1761–1793); and the “Mulatto Question.” Based on the author’s 1910 doctoral dissertation at Cornell University. With annotated bibliography.


Description: The French Colonial Question 1789-1791.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: George Wahr, Publisher, 1916. First Edition. iv, [1], 167pp. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt titling; without dust jacket, if issued. A near fine copy.

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Price: $50.00

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