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A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
By Abbe Raynal
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Abbé Raynal’s A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies is one of the great eighteenth-century histories. It attempts no less than an assessment of European settlement and colonization. The ideas contained within the work, and its savage indictment of slavery and European colonization, lead to its being banned by the French... Read more
A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies: The Revolution of America, Volumes 1-6
Biography
Abbe Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-96) was a French Philosopher, historian and priest. On leaving his parish in Paris, he devoted himself to writing and the society of philosophes. He produced a number of historical works, including this famous history of the European colonies (part of which some modern scholars attribute to Diderot). Abbe Raynal occupied in French literature a position similar to that held by Hume and Gibbon amongst English authors. Among those who admired his writings was the Emporer Napolean.
