EVENT INFORMATION

15
Mei
1791

French Assembly grants limited political rights to some free people of color

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📅 15 Mei 1791 📍

On 15 May 1791, the French National Assembly admitted free men of color born to two free parents to future colonial and parish assemblies, subject to other qualifications. The decree left out most free people of color and left slavery untouched. Its narrow definition made clear that revolutionary language about universal rights remained bounded by colonial property and racial power.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Free men of color born to free parents

deputies of the French National Assembly

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French National Assembly

colonial assemblies of Saint-Domingue