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Samuel de Missy (Samuel, Pierre, Joseph, David, de Missy or Demissy, 30 October 1755 – 20 October 1820) was a French trader and businessman, from the city of La Rochelle, where he was born. He enriched himself by selling clothes to slaving expeditions setting off for islands such as Saint-Domingue, where La Rochelle ''armateurs'' owned plantations.〔(''The French Atlantic: Travels in Culture and History'' by Bill Marshall p.59-60 )〕 Although a participant in and beneficiary of the slave trade, de Missy disputed the legitimacy of enslavement, and joined the "Société des amis des noirs" ("Society of the friends of the Blacks").〔 He was much attacked for his positions in his own city, and finally had to recant his abolitionist stance for fear of damaging the economy of the city.〔 He became a representative at the Assemblée Nationale Constituante (Parliament, "National Constituent Assembly") in 1789.〔()〕 The slave trade of La Rochelle ended with the event of the French Revolution and the war with England in the 1790s, the last La Rochelle slave ship, the ''Saint-Jacques'' was captured in 1793 in the Gulf of Guinea.〔 In February 1794, the National Assembly legislated the Universal Emancipation decree, which effectively freed all colonial slaves. The Collège Samuel de Missy in La Rochelle is named after him. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel de Missy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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