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30
April
1849

France legislates indemnities for former slaveholders

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📅 30 April 1849 📍 Fransia, Guadeloupe, Guyana Franses, Martinique

The law fixed compensation for colonial owners after abolition. It converted enslaved people’s freedom into a public financial liability to former owners, while the newly emancipated received no equivalent compensation and faced continuing coercive labour regimes and economic dependency. This was material repair for perpetrators and a lasting example of how abolition could preserve colonial wealth.

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French National Assembly

former slaveholders

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French Republic

French colonial administrations