It was very difficult for National Assembly to pass the law against slavery system and abolished it. Explain statements giving reasons.
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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.
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 Atalantic to the Caribbean. There they were sold to plantation owners. Thus, slave trade was deeply rooted in France.
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Since profits were the main cause of starting a trade, it has been suggested, a decline of profits must have brought about abolition because: The slave trade ceased to be profitable. Plantations ceased to be profitable. The slave trade was overtaken by a more profitable use of ships.
At various times plantations that provided the market for slave ships struggled to make profits. Prices and costs went up and down as war interrupted trade.
However evidence of temporary problems with profits is not enough to draw any strong conclusions. Planters struggled to profit throughout the period of the Atlantic slave trade. Historians have not made a convincing link between the abolition act of 1807 and trends in profits.