L'Esclavage des noirs ou l'Heureux Naufrage

by Olympe de Gouges

"L'Esclavage des noirs ou l'Heureux Naufrage" par Olympe de Gouges. Olympe de Gouges �tait une femme de lettres, femme politique et pol�miste fran�aise (1748-1793).

Genres: Plays, France

50 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1784

About the author

Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience. She became an outspoken advocate for ameliorating the condition of slaves in the colonies and she began writing political pamphlets. Today she is perhaps best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men.

In her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), she challenged the practice of male authority and the notion of male-female inequality. She was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror for attacking the regime of Maximilien Robespierre and for her close relation with the Girondists.

Reviews

[Madison Sides · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rien à dire sauf woah hyper problématique si on lit l’introduction écrite aussi par de Gouges ! Je déteste toujours le 18e siècle

Simplement, les Français « sauvent » les esclaves, et de Gouges écrit des lignes dans lesquelles un esclave parle de sa vraie nature… c’est à dire à quel point il est bête et sauvage etc. Et il parle de comment le propriétaire est siii bon et honnête. Ok en bref beaucoup de racisme, même si de Gouges pense (?) qu’elle écrit pour défendre des esclaves

[Stef De Meyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

slayke wel love wins always etc

[Anna Holland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pues idk, sin más. Muy intensita ...

[Jerrica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would give this three stars but I also wanted to influence the average rating since there's only one other review. I'm mad with power, I know.

This was fine, it's a play about some people on an island who somehow manage to misplace their young child, there's a lot of drama (...figures) and a lot of obvious didactic fun stuff about how slavery is wrong. In the end all the slaves get freed and everyone is equal and also somehow related by some sexy Scottish affair that the governor has and his wife doesn't care about so I guess everything is great. This also came out in the same year as the French Rev, so there's some historical context for you.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

That was what Wattpad looked like in the 1700s

[Laura Beauséjour · Rating 2 out of 5]

Une histoire pauvre et tirée par les cheveux. La fogure du français mise en lumière pour sa bonté tout au long du texte face à des esclaves soit limités, soit dociles, soit sauvages.

Il est important de mettre l'œuvre dans son contexte et le simple fait de parler d'esclaves peut déjà sembler un progrès, mais la préface et les réflexions concluant le texte laissent tout de même des doutes quant aux intentions et motivations d'Olympe de Gouges.

[Klara Van Vlaenderen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heel vooruitstrevend voor die tijd, maar helaas nog steeds racistische denkbeelden...

[Laurie · Rating 3 out of 5]

C'est correct on va dire

[Charo]

Interesting and unkown author. Shows us a lot about the history of "democracy"

[Samit Adelyar · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mid