Napoleon’s law maintained slavery in colonies returned to France where the 1794 abolition had not been implemented. Its wording did not itself reinstate slavery in Saint-Domingue, where abolition had taken effect. In the context of the Leclerc expedition and France’s restoration of slavery elsewhere, the law intensified Haitian fears that emancipation would be revoked by force.
Log in om dit verhaal leuk te vinden of te bookmarken.
🔖 Bookmarken
Nog geen afbeeldingen of video's voor deze gebeurtenis.
Gerelateerde evenementen
Why did the arrival of the Leclerc expedition in 1802 alarm Haitians?
🎉😄
😢
Uitleg
The expedition sought to reassert French authority amid France’s reversals of abolition elsewhere.
The French Law of 20 May 1802 explicitly reinstated slavery in Saint-Domingue.
🎉😄
😢
Uitleg
Its terms maintained slavery in colonies where abolition had not taken effect; it did not itself apply to Saint-Domingue.