Commission Instituee Decision Royale du 26 Mai 1840. Pour L’Examen des Questions Relatives A L’Esclavage et a la Constitution Politique des Colonies, Rapport Fait Au Ministre Secretaire D’Etat de la Marine et des Colonies

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4to. Hardcover. Publisher’s printed boards. 31x23x3.3 cm. Imprimerie Royale. Paris. 1843. xvi, 438 pp. Very good, light scuffing and soiling to covers, contents fresh and bright with wide margins. French text. Uncommon report of a French commission to examine slavery and politics in the French colonies. The early eighteenth century was a time of of civil unrest and slave rebellions in the colonies, and public opinion in Europe was strongly anti-slavery. This led to the final abolition of slavery in the French colonies in 1848. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.4 lb.