The Swedish colonial theorist and abolitionist Carl Wadström's letter to the French Foreign Secretary Talleyrand was written in December 1797 and published as a preface to the French translation of his Essay on Colonization. He suggests the development of a "rivalry of generosity" (v) between Britain and France, supported by international law, and favoring colonization in Africa through a number of measures, including the abolition of the slave trade.

Published as a preface to the French translation of C. B. Wadström's An Essay on Colonization, entitled: Précis sur l'établissement des colonies de Sierra Leona et de Boulama à la Côte Occidentale de l'Afrique (Paris: C. Pougens, an VI [1798]). See the attached download for more information about Wadström's colonial projects in West Africa.