Question

Who was Responsible for abolition of salvery in France? Who re-introduced it ? Class 9 history the french revolution

Answer 1

Maximilien Robespierre abolished slavery in law in France and its colonies.

Napoleon Bonaparte reintroduced slavery in France after it was abolished by jacobins.

Answer 2

=>Slavery was first aboilshed by the French Republic in 1794, but Napoleon revoked that decree in 1802.

=>In 1815, the Republic abolished the slave trade but the decree did not come into effect until 1826. France re-abolished slavery in her colonies in 1848 with a general and unconditional emancipation.