Guillaume de Félice, 4th Count Panzutti

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Guillaume de Felice
Born12 March 1803
Otterberg, Germany
Died1871
PartnerJosephine Pernete Theodore-Rivier
Parent(s)Fortune-Bernard de Felice and Charlotte Marie Catherine Cordier

Guillaume Adam de Félice, 4th Comte de Panzutti (1803–1871) was a Savoy nobleman, theologian and abolitionist.

Biography

Early life

Félice was born on 12 March 1803 in

Fortunato de Felice, 2nd Comte di Panzutti, by his son Bernard, 3rd Comte di Panzutti. Guillaume grew up in a French environment as the family settled in Lille in 1804, and inherited his grandfather's vigour for radicalism and academia, and the family title, Comte di Panzutti
in 1832, aged 29. He studied theology at

Abolitionism

Whilst at

abolitionism was heightened due to its proximity to the slave-port of Le Havre. Félice started the movement against the French slave camps in Guadeloupe, at the time a very controversial subject. It was through his religious beliefs that he pursued his struggle against slavery, resulting in him drafting the famous French petition of 1846 in favor of abolition. Felice maintained a long correspondence with English abolitionists
, who won their case in 1833, France abolishing slavery in 1848.

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Leeds University Library /All Locations[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "blogdei.com". blogdei.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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