do you find the trace of passive citizen in india ?
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The unwillingness of Europeans to go and work in the colonies in the Caribbean which were important suppliers of commodities such as tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee created a shortage of labour on the plantations. Thus, the slave trade began in the seventeenth century.
French merchants sailed from their ports to the African coast, where they bought slaves from local chieftains. Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly into ships for the three-month long voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. There they were sold to plantation owners. The exploitation of slave labour made it possible to meet the growing demand in European markets for sugar, coffee, and indigo.
The National Assembly held long debates for about whether the rights of man should be extended to all French subjects including those in the colonies.But it did not pass any laws, fearing opposition from businessmen whose incomes depended on the slave trade. Jacobin regime in 1794, abolished slavery in the French colonies.However, ten years later, Napoleon reintroduced slavery. Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies in