Question

Write a brief note on slavery in france

Answer 1

The economy had nearly collapsed and drastic measures were needed. The National Convention finally voted to end slavery in all the French colonies on Feburary 4,1794

Answer 2

There were 500,000 slaves in France in 1789 and they provided the labor for sugar, coffee, and cotton plantations.When the Revolution began in 1789 the free mulattos of Saint Domingue discussed the rights of free blacks. Vincent Ogé presented the views of his fellow mulatto property owners to a meeting of the white planters in 1789. As of 1778, the French were importing approximately 13,000 Africans for enslavement to the French West Indies.
Slavery was first abolished by the French Republic in 1794, but Napoleon I 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.