The French National Assembly voted to extend political rights to free men of color born to free parents. The measure did not emancipate enslaved people and excluded many free people of color whose parents had been enslaved. Colonial authorities and white colonists resisted its implementation, exposing how racial status shaped access to the revolution’s proclaimed rights.
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Who received the limited political rights under the French measure of 15 May 1791?
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The measure did not free enslaved people and excluded many free people of color.
The 15 May 1791 measure freed all enslaved people in Saint-Domingue.
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It granted limited political rights to a subset of free people of color.