Antoine Lavalette, Slave Murderer: A Forgotten Scandal of the French West Indies
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Jesuit Studies
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2214-1324,2214-1332
DOI: 10.1163/22141332-0801p003