Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery Trailer (2015)
"The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!"01 January 2015Drama, History, Factual102 mins
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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