This may be sort-of true, but I would say that it’s not entirely true. France abolished slavery via laws, but it was part of the same host of “liberty and equality” laws that heralded the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Slavery was reinstituted shortly after Napoleon took over.
This may be sort-of true, but I would say that it’s not entirely true. France abolished slavery via laws, but it was part of the same host of “liberty and equality” laws that heralded the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Slavery was reinstituted shortly after Napoleon took over.