The law of 4 March 1831 strengthened the prohibition on the French slave trade and set penalties for fitting out or participating in trafficking voyages. Ending the legal trade did not end slavery in French Guiana: enslaved people remained in bondage until 1848, and illegal trafficking persisted. The distinction between suppressing the trade and freeing people is essential to understanding the limits of abolitionist legislation.
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What did the French law of 4 March 1831 address?
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The law strengthened suppression of trafficking; slavery itself continued in the colony until 1848.
The 1831 law against the slave trade emancipated people already enslaved in French Guiana.
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It strengthened anti-trafficking penalties; slavery in the colony continued until 1848.