Historical Organization
colonial administration of French Guiana
colonial administration of French Guiana
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Organization Timeline
Jeannet-Oudin transmits and publicizes the abolition decree in Cayenne
📅 14 June 1794On 14 June 1794, civil commissioner Nicolas-Georges Jeannet-Oudin transmitted the Convention’s abolition decree to the governor of French Guiana for diffusion. This local act ended slavery in law...
Consular order restores slavery through “quarter conscription”
📅 7 December 1802On 7 December 1802, the consuls issued an order that reimposed slavery in French Guiana through a system euphemistically called “quarter conscription.” It treated Black people on plantations or in...
Victor Hugues implements the conscription regime in French Guiana
📅 25 April 1803Governor Victor Hugues issued a local regulation on 25 April 1803 implementing the consular order. It restored the plantation “police” of the pre-revolutionary regime, tied people to plantations,...
An ordinance announces the pardon granted to Pompée
📅 9 April 1823An ordinance of 9 April 1823 announced the royal pardon for Pompée. Although his life was spared, the pardon was not emancipation: colonial officials retained power over his fate and that of the other...
Commissioner Pariset proclaims the abolition decree in Cayenne
📅 10 June 1848On 10 June 1848, Commissioner-General André-Aimé Pariset proclaimed the abolition decree in French Guiana. The proclamation made the decree public in the colony; it did not mean emancipation took...