A series of letters written by the Abbé Dugoujon during the seventeen months that he spent as a missionary in the French plantation colony of Guadeloupe, in 1840-41. In them, Dugoujon describes his voyage to the Antilles, his impressions of the country and of the people that he was sent to evangelise. His doubts on the legitimacy of slavery begin as soon as he arrives in Guadeloupe, prompted by the treatment of slaves that he witnesses. His personal testimony is documented by footnotes and citations from French newspapers, colonial reports, books, religious annals etc. He remarks in one letter, dated 23 May 1840, to "F.", an "African priest" of his order in France, that: "The seminary often reminds us not to get involved in agitation and politics in the Antilles: I recognise the wisdom of this counsel, but it cannot prevent me from being disgusted by slavery, and calling for its end in the strongest possible terms" (30).