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aug 29, 1793 - Declaration of Abolition | Saint-Domingue

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Léger-Félicité Sonthonax and Étienne Polverel freed the slaves in Saint-Domingue in their declaration of abolition on 29 August 1793. It abolished slavery by law in France and all its colonies, and granted civil and political rights to all black men in the colonies.

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aug 29, 1793
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~ 231 years ago