This work is an intellectual biography of Barbault-Royer (1767–1831), a contemporary of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Barbault-Royer, whose Indo-descendant origins went back to the island of Mauritius, was the first French man of letters to be a free man of color. From 1791, his writing advocated for ardent republicanism, secularism, and the abolition of slavery.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-11337-9
EAN:9782406113379
ISSN: 1279-8428
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-11339-3
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 09-08-2021
Language: French
Keyword: Biographie intellectuelle, littérature française, révolution française, libre de couleur, républicanisme, abolition de l’esclavage, Saint-Domingue, laïcité
