Explain slave trade in France in the 18th century. What was the position of the
revolutionaries, Jacobins and Napoleon on the issue of slave trade in France in the 18th century?
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(i) In order to overcome the shortage of labour on the plantations, a triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas began in the 17th century.
(ii) French merchants sailed from the ports of Bordeaux or Nantes 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. Thus, slave trade was deeply rooted in France.
(iii) Throughout the 18th century there was little criticism of slavery in France. The National Assembly held long debates 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. It was finally the Convention which in 1794 legislated to free all slaves in the French overseas possessions. This, however, did not last for long. After a decade, Napoleon reintroduced slavery in 1804 which was finally abolished in French colonies in 1848.
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Explanation:
when when we talk about the slave trade in France in the 18th century then the first thing comes that what is slaves. usually e they make the black people as slaves and the slaves used to do others work and they also torture them treat them as their servant. this has been drastically expanded in France in the 18th century as they used to torture them a lot and the slaves works at the fields for doing agriculture even the children's to womens works
as slavery.
the jacobins were against the slavery and they used to treat both the kings and the poor equally in their government.
when Napoleon have seen the the slave trade he was totally against of slave trade and used to defend against it. to the slavers the Napoleon was a God and Napoleon also says that when France is dying I catch it with my hand.
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