L’abolizionismo nel dibattito dei leader italiani e romeni nella prima metà dell’Ottocento
Abolitionism in the Debates of Italian and Romanian Leaders in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The abolitionist movement intensified in the late eighteenth century and in the first half of the nineteenth century, when some countries abolished the slave trade and slavery. In Britain, slavery was abolished by reforms, after a strong petition movement, in France during the Revolution in 1794 and 1848, in the United States during the War of Secession, in the Romanian Principalities after several reforms in the years 1843–1855. The slave trade was abolished in the Russian Empire and was also limited in the Ottoman Empire. The main goal of this article is to present the involvement of Italian and Romanian leaders in the abolitionist debate. This involvement is proved by their presence in the abolitionist societies, like L’Institut de l’Afrique, by their contacts, during the revolutionary exile, with American, British and French leaders and by their writings. This article integrates Italian and Romanian leaders in the European abolitionist network in the first half of the nineteenth century.

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