L'affaire de l'esclave Furcy
Subtitle: récit
By: Mohammed Aïssaoui
Publisher: Gallimard
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9782070128679
Description: Fictional account based on documents found in 2005, about a slave named Furcy on the Île Bourbon (now Reunion), who at age 31 legally sought his freedom; the trial lasted for 27 years and concluded in Paris in 1843.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-[194]).