Slavery and the French Revolution

• Revolution and Rebellion

  • Fear of slave rebellion in the colonies hardened conservative positions.
  • Anti-slavery became associated with the French Revolution.

• Revolutionary Anti-Slavery: The Société des Amis des Noirs (1788)

  • Jacques-Pierre Brissot, a Girondin, founds the society along with other revolutionaries.
  • The status of the French colonies, Guadaloupe, Martinique, and St. Domingue, remains in question.

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