Slavery is Abolished in French Colonies
During the beginning of the French Revolution, slavery was to be abolished entierly instead of just the slave trade that occured in France. In 1791, the colony of Saint-Domingue had a slave revolution and by 1793, Britains threatened to invade the colny. Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, the commisoner of Saint-Domingue, promised freedom, so that the French Republican can be strengthed against the Spanish and the British. so on Feburary 4, 1794, the French National Convention aboloshied all slavery in French Colonies.
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