Question

How did The French Revolution affect Slavery?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The spring of 1789 saw a tide of popular uprisings across Paris. The leaders of this revolution constructed a new government, the National Assembly, which formally adopted the “Declaration of the Rights of Man” in August of that year. The declaration asserted that “All men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” The fate of enslaved people in France’s American colonies remained uncertain.

The National Assembly faced lobbying from groups in support of slave owners and commercial interests and those favoring abolition, particularly the Friends of the Blacks or les Amis des Noirs. The Amis des Noirs argued for granting full rights to Africans and biracial people in the colonies who were already free and pressed for stopping the slave trade—two ideas they hoped would not be too controversial. The French merchant community engaged in a vigorous public and private campaign to preserve the institution.

Answer 2

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How did The French Revolution affect Slavery?

➜ By following ways :-

1. In February 1794, the French republic outlawed slavery in its colonies.

2. Revolutionaries in Saint-Domingue secured not only their own freedom, but that of their French colonial counterparts, too.

3. After Napoleon Bonaparte wrested control of revolutionary France, he sought to reconstruct a French Empire.