Dr. J. Alibert taking serum from a servant's baby to vaccinate the child of Mme Desbordes-Valmore. Photograph, 1938, of a painting by C. Desbordes, 1822.

Fathers, daughters, and slaves : women writers and French colonial slavery / Doris Y. Kadish.

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Fathers, daughters, and slaves : women writers and French colonial slavery / Doris Y. Kadish.

Dr. J. Alibert taking serum from a servant's baby to vaccinate the child of Mme Desbordes-Valmore. Photograph, 1938, of a painting by C. Desbordes, 1822.