Title:General Husayn and his Legacy: Slavery, Manumission and Nationality in Imperial Contexts
Author(s):OUALDI, M’hamedDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP;2010/34Abstract:In 1887, six years after the colonization of Tunisia by France, General Husayn, a former slave serving the Tunisian state died in Florence. From that moment, a legal conflict over his legacy ensued involving the Tunisian, ...