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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)

January 1, 2015 Documentary, History, Drama 1h 42m

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!

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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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