Challenges in Commemorating the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the Académie d'Amiens Poetry Contest of 1819 and 1820

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, ROMANCE

NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH STUDIES Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI:10.1353/ncf.2024.a926093

Kylie Sago

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This article considers the timing of the Académie d'Amiens poetry contest on "L'Abolition de la traite des Nègres" (1819–20), the little-known predecessor to the Académie française prix de poésie on "L'Abolition de la traite des Noirs" (1823). The Amiens concours attempted to offer a timely commemoration of the slave trade's abolition. Close readings of the competition's archival records, including twelve submitted poems and two reports, suggest reasons why a winner was never chosen. The persistence of the clandestine slave trade and pro-slavery arguments blaming abolitionism for the recent events of the Haitian Revolution challenged the possibility and value of the proposed commemoration. The Amiens contest ultimately bears witness to a shift in contemporary perceptions of the slave trade's abolition during the Bourbon Restoration: from the celebration of an event to the realization that its history was far from over.

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1819 年和 1820 年亚眠学院诗歌比赛中纪念废除奴隶贸易的挑战

摘要:本文探讨了亚眠学院 "废除黑奴贸易 "诗歌比赛（1819-20 年）的举办时间，亚眠学院是法国学院 "废除黑奴贸易 "诗歌奖（1823 年）鲜为人知的前身。亚眠诗歌奖旨在及时纪念废除奴隶贸易。仔细阅读比赛的档案记录，包括 12 首提交的诗歌和两份报告，可以发现获奖者从未被选中的原因。秘密贩卖奴隶行为的持续存在，以及将海地革命的近期事件归咎于废奴主义的支持奴隶制的论点，都对拟议纪念活动的可能性和价值提出了挑战。亚眠竞赛最终见证了当代人对波旁王朝复辟时期废除奴隶贸易的看法的转变：从庆祝一个事件到认识到其历史远未结束。

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期刊介绍： Nineteenth-Century French Studies provides scholars and students with the opportunity to examine new trends, review promising research findings, and become better acquainted with professional developments in the field. Scholarly articles on all aspects of nineteenth-century French literature and criticism are invited. Published articles are peer reviewed to ensure scholarly integrity. This journal has an extensive book review section covering a variety of disciplines. Nineteenth-Century French Studies is published twice a year in two double issues, fall/winter and spring/summer.