The National Convention decreed abolition in French colonies on 4 February 1794, during the Haitian Revolution and amid enslaved people’s uprisings across the Atlantic. The decision recognized a freedom that enslaved people had fought to make real; it did not itself end colonial coercion everywhere at once. French Guiana received the decree months later.
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What historical context surrounded the French Convention’s abolition decree of 4 February 1794?
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The decree came during the Haitian Revolution and amid Atlantic-wide pressure and resistance by enslaved people.
The Convention’s 1794 abolition decree was immediately proclaimed in French Guiana on the same day it was adopted.
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It was adopted on 4 February and transmitted/publicized in the colony on 14 June 1794.