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Author Sala-Molins, Louis.

Title Dark side of the light : slavery and the French Enlightenment / Louis Sala-Molins ; translated and with an introduction by John Conteh-Morgan
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 165 pages)
Contents Contents; Translator's Introduction: The Color of the Enlightenment; Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment; Preface; 1. Condorcet, "Lamenting"; 2. The Market of Equals; 3. Of Men and (Under) Dogs; Epilogue; Notes; Index
Summary Translated into English for the first time, Dark Side of the Light scrutinizes Condorcet's Reflections on Negro Slavery and the works of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Diderot side by side with the Code Noir (the royal document that codified the rules of French Caribbean slavery). In doing so, renowned French intellectual Louis Sala-Molins uncovers attempts to uphold the humanist project of the Enlightenment while simultaneously justifying slavery
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index
Notes Translated from the French
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Subject Slavery -- France -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century
Abolitionists -- France -- History -- 18th century
Enlightenment -- France
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
Abolitionists
Enlightenment
Race relations
Slavery -- French colonies
SUBJECT West Indies, French -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century
Subject France
Lesser Antilles -- West Indies, French
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816696208
0816696209
Other Titles Misères des Lumières. English