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The Lesser Antilles islands of Barbados, St. Kitts, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia and Dominica were the first important slave societies of the Caribbean, switching to the institution of slavery by the end of the 17th century as their economies converted from tobacco to sugar production, and as ...
La Mulâtresse Solitude (circa 1772 – 1802) was a historical figure and heroine in the fight against slavery on French Guadeloupe. She has been the subject of legends and a symbol of women's resistance in the struggle against slavery in the history of the island.
In French Guiana, slavery was restored by a consular decree from 7 December, followed by a local decree by Victor Hugues of 24 April 1803. [ citation needed ] The Law of 20 May 1802 had no effect in Saint-Domingue where slavery had been abolished by the 1793 Sonthonax and Polverel proclamation [fr].
The Invasion of Guadeloupe was a British attempt in 1794 to take and hold the island of Guadeloupe in the French West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars.The British had negotiated with the French planters, Ignace-Joseph-Philippe de Perpignan and Louis de Curt, who wished to gain British protection, as France's National Convention was passing a law abolishing slavery on 4 February 1794.
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.
In Guadeloupe, emancipated slaves were effectively restricted to plantations by laws against vagrancy and were not given the pay they were legally owed. [17] In Saint-Domingue, as well, French Republican officials attempted to maintain the colony's plantation economy, which caused conflict with the newly freed slaves, who wanted autonomy. [18]
Also: France: Guadeloupe: People: By occupation: Slaves. Pages in category "Guadeloupean slaves" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Jacobin government had granted the slaves their freedom, in Guadeloupe and the other French colonies, but Napoleon reinstated slavery throughout the French Empire in 1802. [3] Attack by Napoleonic troops against insurgents in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, during the Richepance expedition of 1802 aimed at reestablishing slavery on the island