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Enslaved and emancipated people of the French colonies

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Enslaved and emancipated people of the French colonies

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French Convention abolishes slavery in the colonies

📅 4 February 1794

On 4 February 1794 (16 Pluviôse Year II), the French National Convention abolished slavery in all French colonies and granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people. This national decree came after...