The Revue des colonies[1] was a French journal published in Paris from 1834 to 1843 that campaigned for the abolition of slavery, particularly in the French colonies.
It was under the leadership of Cyrille Bissette (1795 to 1858), the politician and founder of the Société d'hommes de couleur.
The monthly journal gives an overview of the state of the French and foreign colonies at that time. The Revue des colonies is the first French abolitionist journal written by black people; it was to become the bane of the French planters, especially those of Martinique, whom Bissette never forgave throughout the July Monarchy for branding him with an iron and expelling him during the Bourbon Restoration.[2][3] The first edition of July 1835 contains the bill formulated by the author for the immediate abolition of slavery.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Full title: Revue des colonies. Recueil mensuel de la politique, de l’administration, de la justice, de l’instruction et des mœurs colonials (Revue des colonies. Monthly collection of colonial politics, administration, justice, education and morals).
- ^ Thompson, Shirley Elizabeth; Thompson (2009). Shirley Elizabeth Thompson: Exiles at Home: The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans S. 153 (Harvard University Press, 2009). ISBN 9780674023512. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Thompson, Shirley Elizabeth; Thompson (2009). Shirley Elizabeth Thompson: Exiles at Home: The Struggle to Become American in Creole New Orleans S. 318 (Anm. 150 und 151) (Harvard University Press, 2009). ISBN 9780674023512. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Catalogue de la vente Bibliothèque Guy Gaulard, Abschnitt: Esclavage et Colonies (Nr. 106)" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
Literature
edit- Lawrence C. Jennings: La France et l'abolition de l'esclavage. 2010
External links
edit- Revue des colonies in Gallica
- Kelly Duke Bryant (2007). "Black but Not African: Francophone Black Diaspora and the "Revue des Colonies," 1834-1842". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 40 (2): 251–282. JSTOR 40033913. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- "Revue des colonies (Digitised copies of the years 1836/1837)". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- "Revue des colonies (Digitised by Archive.org)". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- "Club des amis des Noirs, présidence de Cyril Bissette (1795-1858), mars 1848" (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-01.