A Colony in Crisis: The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789

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On the State of Slaves Regarding the Prosperity of French Colonies and their Metropole; Address to the Nation’s Representatives

March 17, 1789by Kelsey Corlett-Rivera 1 Comment

This speech, presented to the representatives of France, is a vehement rejection of the beliefs of the Société des Amis des Noirs [Society of the Friends of Blacks], which it ultimately seeks to reduce to the level of ideologues.

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