Those “Dangerous Men” of 1848: Amnesty Put to the Test by the Abolition of Slavery
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2007.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The article, based on three trials with more than three hundred defendants, analyses the enforcement of the amnesty bill passed at the beginning of the Second Republic and the promulgation of the Emancipation of the slaves in the French West Indies in 1848. It shows how the notion of “political crime” was instrumentalised by the local authorities to dismiss the slave uprisings as common law crimes. By opting for a micro-history approach, we can follow the itinerary of the convicts through the French colonial system as a whole.
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The article, based on three trials with more than three hundred defendants, analyses the enforcement of the amnesty bill passed at the beginning of the Second Republic and the promulgation of the Emancipation of the slaves in the French West Indies in 1848. It shows how the notion of “political crime” was instrumentalised by the local authorities to dismiss the slave uprisings as common law crimes. By opting for a micro-history approach, we can follow the itinerary of the convicts through the French colonial system as a whole.
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