A distinguished group of international scholars from the disciplines of history, philosophy, literature and art history offer a reconsideration of the ideas and the impact of the abbé Henri Grégoire, one of the most important figures of the French Revolution and a contributor to the campaigns for Jewish emancipation, rights for blacks, the reform of the Catholic Church and many other causes

Essay 1 / Grégoire and the Anthropology of Emancipation.- Essay 2 / The Abbé Grégoire's Program for the Jews: Social Reform and Spiritual Project.- Essay 3 / The Abbé Grégoire and the Société des Amis des Noirs.- Essay 4 / Exporting the Revolution: Grégoire, Haiti and the Colonial Laboratory, 1815-1827.- Essay 5 / The Abbé Grégoire and the Quest for a Catholic Republic.- Essay 6 / Tearing Down the Tower of Babel: Grégoire and French Multilingualism.- Essay 7 / The Paradoxes of Vandalism: Henri Grégoire and the Thermidorian Discourse on Historical Monuments.- Essay 8 / Grégoire's American Involvements.- Essay 9 / Grégoire as Autobiographer.- Afterword / Discovering the Abbé Grégoire.