Slavery and the French Revolutionists (1788-1805)
- ISBN-10
- 0889466378
- ISBN-13
- 9780889466371
- Category
- History / Europe / France
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Edwin Mellen Press
- Author
- Anna Julia Cooper
Description
This is a translation of a 1925 doctoral dissertation written for the University of Paris by a 67-year-old black American expatriate woman who had been born a slave. Her study of the French Revolutionists' view of slavery is a significant contribution to understanding the growth of human rights.
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