Outrage An Anarchist Memoir of the Penal Colony

by Duval, Clément; Shreve, Michael; Enckell, Marianne

• ISBN13: 9781604865004
• ISBN10: 1604865008
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-24
• Publisher: PM Press

Summary

In 1887, Clement Duval joined the tens of thousands of convicts sent to the 'dry guillotine' of the French penal colonies. Few survived and fewer were able to tell the stories of their life in that hell. Duval spent 14 years doing hard labour, espousing the values of anarchism and demonstrating the ideals by being a living example the entire time, before making his daring escape and arriving in New York City to be welcomed by the Italian and French anarchists there. Much more than an historical document, it is a remarkable tale of survival.

Author Biography

Clément Duval was an infamous 19th-century French illegalist, propagandist, and anarchist. Michael Shreve is a writer, a translator, and a language teacher. His works include first English translations by Voltaire, Jean Meslier, Marcel Schwob, and John Antoine Nau. Marianne Enckell is an author, an editor, a translator, and a librarian at the International Centre for Research on Anarchism.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the English Edition	p. 1
I Rebelled Because It Was My Right	p. 7
The Healthiest Penitentiary in Guiana	p. 23
You Can Have My Fat, But Not My Skin	p. 41
To Shake a Friendly Hand	p. 55
The Guillotine's Blade	p. 67
A Most Unusual Stash	p. 81
Spreading the Good Word	p. 103
David and Ballin	p. 125
When You Speak to Me Like That	p. 135
The Anarchist Plate	p. 149
The Saint Joseph's Massacre	p. 163
Never Go to the Penal Colony	p. 173
Biographies	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 195
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