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GRÉGOIRE. Mémoire en faveur des Gens de couleur... - Lot 155 - Rossini
GRÉGOIRE. Mémoire en faveur des Gens de couleur ou Sang-Mêlés de St-Domingue, & des autres Isles françoises de l'Amérique, addressed to the National Assembly. Paris, Belin, 1789. Booklet in-8, 52 pages, bradel marbled paper boards (modern binding).
First edition of Grégoire's first text on the subject. It marks the beginning of his fight for equality, the question of slavery and its relationship to Human Rights, and the start of the legislative battle waged by the author alongside the Société des amis des Noirs (R. Hermon-Belot, L'Abbé Grégoire, page 479).
Restoration to margins of last seven leaves.
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