Question

write a short note on the abolition of slavery in France

Answer 1

Abolition of Slavery

Triangular Trade

 

French colonies in the Caribbean produced and exported commodities such as coffee, sugar, indigo and tobacco. However, the Europeans did not want to work on distant lands.

 

To fill this shortage the triangular slave trade sprung up. French merchants bought slaves from the African coasts and sold these slaves to plantation owners of the Caribbean. The slave labour was exploited to meet the growing demands of coffee, sugar, indigo and tobacco.

 

Thus, the triangular trade was :-

 

French buy slaves from Africa.

Sell the slaves to plantation owners in the French Colonies.

French colonies used those slaves to produce commodities to be sold in the French and European markets.

 

The triangular trade made many businessmen prosperous. Port cities such as Nantes and Bordeaux  became prominent.

 

Debates and Abolition

 

The National Assembly had long debates about whether the rights go man and citizen applied to the subjects in the colonies.

The Convention in 1794 declared that all subjects, even slaves, were equal and ordered to free all slaves.

 

Return to slavery

 

Napoleon Bonaparte on rising to power reintroduced slavery.

Plantation owners were given the right to own African negro slaves.

Slavery was finally abolished in France in 1848.

Answer 2

1-one of the most important social reform of jacobins was abolition of slavery in france
2-the caribbea NS we're the important suppliers of commodities such ad indigo tobacco sugar coffee etc
3-but there was always a shortage of labour.
4-thus there was a triangular slave trade between europe, africa, and america
5-the french merchants from the ports of bordeux or Nantes bought the slave from local chieftains, branded and dhackeled packed tightly into the ships for a long voyage and then sold to the plantation owners6-the nation had long debates on the rights of men but were not able to pass any law due to the fear of opposition from buissnessman.
6-finally in 1794the convention legislated to free all the slaves in france.
7- after ten years napolean again re introduced the slaves most of them we're negrors
8-finally in 1848slavery was abolished.