Histoire générale de la Marine comprenant les naufrages célèbres, les voyages autour du monde, les découvertes et colonisations, l'histoire des pirates, corsaires et négriers, exploits des marins illustres, voyages dans les mers glaciales, guerres et batailles navales, jusqu'au bombardement de Tanger et la prise de Mogador [...] publiée sous la direction de M. van Tenac, attaché au Ministère de la Marine
Chapter five of the fourth volume of this French illustrated history of shipping, covers the period 1815-30 and includes a summary of the transatlantic slave trade, "this commerce of shame and blood" (227) the international campaigns to abolish it, and the case of the Amistad. It also refers to the slave colonies including Bourbon in the Indian Ocean, describing attempts to silence news of the 1830 revolution there, and to ban slaves from singing the revolutionary hymn "La Parisienne". This short summary calls for the final abolition of slavery in the French colonies, with "these sublime words which resounded throughout Europe: Perish the colonies rather than a principle!" (239).
Volume four, 224-39. Includes the reproduction of a print entitled 'Négrier poursuivi, jetant ses nègres à la mer' (Pursued slave ship, throwing its slaves into the sea).
- Date : 1848
- Surname : Tenac
- First name : M. van
- Classification : Book
- Place of publication : Paris
- Publisher : Eugène et Victor Penaud frères
- Language : French
- Theme : Travel Writings
- Source : Bibliothèque Nationale de France. British Library. Kongelige Bibliotek, Danmark.
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- Key words : History Navy Shipping Slave Trade Slavery Abolition Indian Ocean Bourbon