Grégoire, Henri 1750-1831

On the cultural achievements of Negroes by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
59 editions published between 1808 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,113 libraries worldwide
First published in French in 1808 and translated into English two years later under the title An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes, this book was a touchstone for nineteenth-century abolitionists in England and the United States. Written by Abbe Henri Gregoire (1750-1831), it argued vigorously against assumptions of black inferiority and in favor of the humanity, equality, and cultural achievements of people of African heritage. His treatise summarized most of the available written thought on race up to that time. A leading activist in the French Revolution, Gregoire reflected in his arguments the spirit of "liberte, egalite, and fraternite," and anticipated twentieth-century race inquiry and theory.

Essai sur la régénération physique, morale et politique des Juifs by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
26 editions published between 1789 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 161 libraries worldwide

Essay on the nobility of the skin, or, The prejudice of white persons against the colour of Africans and their progeny, black and of mixed-blood by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
4 editions published between 1826 and 1996 in French and English and held by 115 libraries worldwide

Critical observations on the poem of Mr. Joel Barlow, The Columbiad by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
7 editions published in 1809 in English and held by 111 libraries worldwide

De la traite et de l'esclavage des noirs et des blancs by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
8 editions published in 1815 in French and held by 110 libraries worldwide

On the slave trade and on the slavery of the blacks and of the whites by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
5 editions published in 1815 in English and held by 105 libraries worldwide

Correspondence, critical and literary, on the subject of The columbiad, an American epic poem of Joel Barlow, Esq by Joel Barlow ( Book )
4 editions published in 1810 in English and held by 104 libraries worldwide

Lettre aux philantropes sur les malheurs, les droits, et les réclamations des gens de couleur de Saint-Domingue et des autres iles françoises de l'Amérique by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
10 editions published in 1790 in French and held by 100 libraries worldwide

Nouvelle lettre a MM. les curés, députés aux États-généraux by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
9 editions published between 1789 and 1989 in French and held by 96 libraries worldwide

Essai sur la régénération physique, morale et politique des juifs : ouvrage couronné par la Société Royale des Sciences et des Arts de Metz, le 23 août 1788 by Henri Grégoire ( Book )
6 editions published between 1789 and 1989 in French and held by 92 libraries worldwide