how France abolished slavery
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The abolition of slavery in the French colonies in 1848 is a picture of the French painter Francois-Auguste Biard made in 1849. Although his work excels in genre painting this represents the act that caused the proclamation of the Decree of April 27, 1848 allowing The abolition of slavery in the French empire. It is preserved in the Palace of Versailles.
Although the French Revolution abolished slavery in 1794, Napoleon Bonaparte had restored it in 1802 to the pressure of the Antillean aristocrats.
It would not be until the second French republic that the undersecretary of state in the Navy in 1848, Victor Scorcher (1804-1893), as the main responsible for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies, put it into action. The United Kingdom had done so in 1834, but other nations like the United States, Portugal or Spain would still take years.
Although the French Revolution abolished slavery in 1794, Napoleon Bonaparte had restored it in 1802 to the pressure of the Antillean aristocrats.
It would not be until the second French republic that the undersecretary of state in the Navy in 1848, Victor Scorcher (1804-1893), as the main responsible for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies, put it into action. The United Kingdom had done so in 1834, but other nations like the United States, Portugal or Spain would still take years.
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It was in 1794 that the Convention passed a law to free all slaves in French overseas possessions. But this lasted only for 10 years because when Napoleon Bonaparte became the emperor of France in 1804, he reintroduced slavery. In 1848, Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies.
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