"Jacques-Pierre Brissot, and the Fate of Atlantic Anti-Slavery during the Age of Revolutionary Wars"

Marie-Jeanne Rossignol (1)

1 LARCA UMR 8225 - Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Cultures Anglophones

Brissot's commitment to antislavery was due to his fascination with North American Quakers. This chapter explores Brissot's gradual involvement in a cause which he closely connected with the revolutionary United States, and democracy and revolutionary action in general.

Mots clés: Democracy; Antislavery movement; American Revolution; French Revolution

Domaines: Histoire

Marie-Jeanne Rossignol. "Jacques-Pierre Brissot, and the Fate of Atlantic Anti-Slavery during the Age of Revolutionary Wars". Palgrave Macmillan. War, Empire and Slavery, 1770-1830, 2010, War, culture and society, 1750-1850, 978-0-230-22989-1. ⟨hal-01528947⟩