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To the right of the image is an extensive pencil inscription reproducing a dialogue between the master and the enslaved man (in Creole):

Beyond its technical and economic focus

and students of textile production

minor foxing to some index leaves

he penned his magnum opus

Qui abolit l’esclavage des nègres dans les colonies, Paris 1794. Americas To the right of theDeclaration of the first abolition of slavery in the modern world: the first edition France. National Convention (1792 1795). Dcret de la Convention Nationale, du 16. e jour de pluvise, an 2. e de la Rpublique Franaise, une & indivisible, qui abolit lesclavage des ngres dans les colonies. [colophon:] Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale excutive du Louvre, An IIe. de la Rpublique [1794]. 4. 2, [2 blank] pp. Printed to right of caption title: No. 2262.