how was slave trade in dead in France
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France re-abolished slavery in her colonies in 1848 with a general and unconditional emancipation. William Wilberforce's Slave Trade Act 1807 abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. It was not until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that the institution finally was abolished, but on a gradual basis.
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1) It was carried out b/w Europe, Africa and The Americas.
2)It began in 17th century.
3) French merchants sailed from the ports of Bordeaux or Nantes to the African coast, where they bought slaves from local chieftains.
4)Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly into ships for the three month long voyage across the Atlantic to Caribbean.
5) Then they were sold to plantation owners.
6)This meat the demand in European market for sugar, coffee and indigo.
7)It was in the 1794 legislated to free slaves.
8) But slavery was reintroduced by Napoleon.
9) It was in 1848 that Slavery was abolished in France.