The National Convention, the first elected Assembly…

February 1794 CE

The National Convention, the first elected Assembly of the First Republic (1792–1804), confirms and extends the decision to abolish slavery on the 4th of February 1794, under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre.

It abolishes slavery by law in France and all its colonies and grants civil and political rights to all black men in the colonies.

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Maximilien Robespierre View →

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French people (Latins) View → Saint Domingue, French Colony of View → French First Republic View →

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