Nicola Frith is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

'The contribution of this book is fundamental in that it contrasts with the work in the field produced by the vast majority of French historians, sociologists, anthropologists and philosophers, whose precautions or positions do not give rise to such a committed analysis based on the premise of the legitimacy of demands for reparations.'Professor Christine Chivallon, CNRS

• Reflection: The Ethics of Reparatory WritingRepression: 150 Years of Forgetting Slavery and Remembering AbolitionRemembrance: Memories of Slavery and Social Movements Before 1998Recognition: Acknowledging Slavery as a Crime Against Humanity After 1998Retaliation: France’s ‘Memory War’ and the Revenge of the ReactionariesRitualization: Commemorating Slavery and State PerformanceReconciliation: Tales of Peace and the ‘Slave Descendant’Reparation: Activism and Multifaceted Modes of Repair

Nicola Frith is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

'The contribution of this book is fundamental in that it contrasts with the work in the field produced by the vast majority of French historians, sociologists, anthropologists and philosophers, whose precautions or positions do not give rise to such a committed analysis based on the premise of the legitimacy of demands for reparations.'Professor Christine Chivallon, CNRS

• Reflection: The Ethics of Reparatory WritingRepression: 150 Years of Forgetting Slavery and Remembering AbolitionRemembrance: Memories of Slavery and Social Movements Before 1998Recognition: Acknowledging Slavery as a Crime Against Humanity After 1998Retaliation: France’s ‘Memory War’ and the Revenge of the ReactionariesRitualization: Commemorating Slavery and State PerformanceReconciliation: Tales of Peace and the ‘Slave Descendant’Reparation: Activism and Multifaceted Modes of Repair

Nicola Frith is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

'The contribution of this book is fundamental in that it contrasts with the work in the field produced by the vast majority of French historians, sociologists, anthropologists and philosophers, whose precautions or positions do not give rise to such a committed analysis based on the premise of the legitimacy of demands for reparations.'Professor Christine Chivallon, CNRS

• Reflection: The Ethics of Reparatory WritingRepression: 150 Years of Forgetting Slavery and Remembering AbolitionRemembrance: Memories of Slavery and Social Movements Before 1998Recognition: Acknowledging Slavery as a Crime Against Humanity After 1998Retaliation: France’s ‘Memory War’ and the Revenge of the ReactionariesRitualization: Commemorating Slavery and State PerformanceReconciliation: Tales of Peace and the ‘Slave Descendant’Reparation: Activism and Multifaceted Modes of Repair