2015DocumentaryHistoryDrama1h 42m

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!

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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StatusReleased
Original Languagefr

Keywords

slaverycolonialismfrench colonialismfrench colonyla réunionmadame desbassyns

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France Télévisions Distribution
France Télévisions Distribution
PROCIREP
PROCIREP
Angoa-Agicoa
Angoa-Agicoa
CNC
CNC
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