La paroisse des affranchis. Communauté, identité et religion dans le village de Kdol, Cambodge (1898-1979)

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The Freed Slaves' Parish. Community, Identity and Religion in the Village ofKdol, Cambodia (1898-1979). Mathieu Guérin and Gerald Vogin. In 1897, slavery and the trafficking of the inhabitants of the Highlands were permanently abolished in the Cambodian kingdom, then under French rule. A missionary from the French Catholic Missions, Father Lazard, gathered at that time a group of freed slaves in the village of Kdol on the Mekong river. A very specific community of new converts emerged between groups of Muslim Chams, Buddhist Khmers and Christian Vietnamese. This community survived all the political regimes that Cambodia experienced during the twentieth century, including the war and the Khmer Rouge regime. By converting to Catholicism, the freed slaves ofKdol achieved a new identity and status in the Khmer kingdom.

The Freed Slaves' Parish. Community, Identity and Religion in the Village ofKdol, Cambodia (1898-1979). Mathieu Guérin and Gerald Vogin. In 1897, slavery and the trafficking of the inhabitants of the Highlands were permanently abolished in the Cambodian kingdom, then under French rule. A missionary from the French Catholic Missions, Father Lazard, gathered at that time a group of freed slaves in the village of Kdol on the Mekong river. A very specific community of new converts emerged between groups of Muslim Chams, Buddhist Khmers and Christian Vietnamese. This community survived all the political regimes that Cambodia experienced during the twentieth century, including the war and the Khmer Rouge regime. By converting to Catholicism, the freed slaves ofKdol achieved a new identity and status in the Khmer kingdom.