Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
1080pOriginal: Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage (2015)
Year: 2015
Language: French
Storyline
The life of Mrs. Desbassayns is exceptional in more than one way in the history of slavery on the island of Réunion. Married at the age of 15 to the forty-year-old Henri-Paulin Panon Desbassayns, this young Creole woman named Hombeline Gonneau immediately embarked on an extraordinary journey. She found herself, in fact, at the head of the most powerful landowning family...
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#slavery#colonialism#french colonialism#french colony#la réunion#madame desbassyns
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Release Date 2015-01-01
Country France, RE, Reunion
DirectorWilliam Cally
Quality1080p
Duration 1h 42m
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