How could abolition of slavery become possible in France? Explain.
1. Throughout the eighteenth century there was little criticism of slavery in France.
2. There were long debates in the National Assembly about whether the right of man should be extended to all French subjects including those in the colonies. But now law was made fearing opposition from business community.
3. It was finally the conventions whish in 1794 legislative to free all slaves in the French overseas possessions. But ten years later, Napoleon again started slavery.
