how abolition of slavery took place in france
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It was finally the Convention which in 1794 legislated to free all slaves in the French overseas possessions. ... After a decade, Napoleon reintroduced slavery in 1804 which was finally abolished in French colonies in 1848.
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In France, on 4 February 1794 (16 Pluviôse Year II in the French Revolutionary Calendar), the National Convention enacted a law abolishing slavery in the French colonies. Yet this was not followed up with any real effect and Napoleon Bonaparte repealed the law as First Consul in 1802.
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