02632cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000480012624501340017426400510030830000470035933600260040633700260043233800360045850000310049450801190052552013900064453400450203465300270207965300460210665300320215265300670218485600430225124555UtSlPG20260610133549.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d a06018229 aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aHT1 aTussac, F.-R. deq(Fr.-Richard),d1786-182710aCri des colons contre un ouvrage de M. l'évêque et sénateur Grégoire, ayant pour titre 'De la Littérature des nègres' 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2008-02-08 aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net a"Cri des colons contre un ouvrage de M. l'évêque et sénateur Grégoire, ayant pour titre de la littérature des Nègres" is a polemical text written in the early 19th century. This work serves as a response to an earlier publication by Grégoire that defended the intellectual capabilities of Black individuals and critiqued colonial practices. The text reflects the perspective of the French colonists, who vehemently oppose the views espoused by Grégoire and others regarding race and morality during a time when debates about slavery and colonialism were increasingly pressing. The opening of the text outlines the authors' indignation towards Grégoire's portrayal of the colonial situation and the supposed merits of Black individuals. It disputes the claims made in Grégoire's work, arguing that his characterizations of the colonists are unfounded and "slanderous." The colons express a sense of betrayal, lamenting their treatment by both colonial authorities and abolitionist sentiments, viewing Grégoire's perspective as both ignorant and dangerous. Through a mixture of anecdote, rhetorical questions, and stark contrasts between the lives of colonists and their enslaved counterparts, the text sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the complex themes of race, identity, and power in the colonial context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aSlavery -- West Indies aHaiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 aBlack people -- West Indies aGrégoire, Henri, 1750-1831. De la littérature des nègres40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24555