Tag Archives: 1793

France, the West Indies, and the History of Slavery

By The Public Archive | Published: May 5, 2014

The French Revolution was a bourgeois revolution, and the basis of bourgeois wealth was the slave trade and the slave plantations in the colonies. Let there be no mistake about this. “Sad irony of human history,” says Jaures, “the fortunes created at Bordeaux, at Nantes by the slave-trade gave to the bourgeoisie that pride which […]

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Jeanne Odo, Paris, 17 May, 1793

By The Public Archive | Published: November 4, 2011

On May 17, 1793, the Saint-George Legion, sent an “Address to the National Convention and to all the patriotic clubs and societies on behalf of the Negroes held in slavery in the French colonies of America.” It was written in the name of “one million slaves” and asked for the immediate abolition of slavery. The […]

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Incendie du Cap Français : le 20, 21, 22 et 23 juin 1793

By The Public Archive | Published: September 4, 2011

Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, et. al., “Incendie du Cap Français : le 20, 21, 22 et 23 juin 1793 ou 2, 3, 4 et 5 messidor an I.er de la République,” (Paris, 1802). Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie. Click here for high-resolution original.

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Pillage du Cap Français en 1793

By The Public Archive | Published: September 1, 2011

Boquet, “Pillage du Cap Français en 1793,” (Paris [?], 1795) Source: John Carter Brown Archive of Early American Images, Brown University. Click here for high-resolution original.

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Vue de l’incendie de la ville du Cap Français. Arrivée le 21 juin 1793.

By The Public Archive | Published: August 25, 2011

Vue de l’incendie de la ville du Cap Français. Arrivée le 21 juin 1793. Gravure coloriée de Jean-Baptiste Chapuy d’après J. L. Boquet. Archives départementales de la Martinique (Fort-de-France). Click image for high-resolution original.

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