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A contemporary French illustration commemorating the Law of 4 February 1794 After passing the law, the Committee of Public Safety sent 1,200 troops to the French West Indies to enforce it. [ 13 ] They recaptured Guadeloupe from the British and their French Royalist allies, using the colony as a base from which to retake other islands in the ...
A series of events took place from 1791 which led to the abolition of institutionalized slavery in France, including the establishment of the national convention and the election of the first Assembly of the First Republic (1792–1804), on 4 February 1794, under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre, culminating in the passing of the Law of 4 February 1794, which abolished slavery in all ...
In 1794, the French National Convention, under the influence of revolutionary ideals, issued the "Decree of 16 Pluviôse, Year II" (February 4, 1794), which effectively abolished slavery in all French colonies. [70] This decree marked a radical departure from the Code Noir's provisions that had supported and regulated the institution of slavery.
[1] By a decree of 4 February 1794 (16 Pluviôse) it also ratified and expanded to the whole French colonial empire the 1793 abolition of slavery on Saint-Domingue by civil commissioners Sonthonax and Polverel, though this did not affect Martinique or Guadeloupe and was abolished by the law of 20 May 1802.
The Encyclopædia Universalis considers that it is 'perhaps the most beautiful French song of the period'. [16] The song was used by France Info in a program commemorating the victims of slavery [17] and by France Culture in one dedicated to the abolition of 1794. [18]
A British expeditionary force invaded and occupied Guadeloupe in April 1794, and Hugues arrived at the colony on 21 May with 1,150 French troops. He immediately declared the abolition of slavery on Guadeloupe, which quickly led to most of the island's Black population, both free and enslaved, coming over to his side.
The Convention voted for the abolition of slavery in the colonies on 4 February 1794 and decreed that all residents of the colonies had the full rights of French citizens irrespective of colour. [200] An army of 1,000 sans-culottes led by Victor Hugues was sent to Guadeloupe to expel the British and enforce the decree. The army recruited former ...
4 February – The French Republic abolishes slavery. 15 February – Modern arrangement of Flag of France adopted.; 26 February – Ventôse Decrees, proposed to confiscate the property of exiles and opponents of the Revolution, and redistribute it to the needy.