> as soon as he did away with Catholic Church influence on government he made slavery legal again I think it's wrong to conflate the two events. Regarding the

> as soon as he did away with Catholic Church influence on government he made slavery legal again I think it's wrong to conflate the two events. Regarding the Catholic Church, removing its influence on the government was done during the Revolution and so had little influence in the post-revolution government. Tolerance toward the Church (and religion in general) was accomplished through the concordat of 1801 [0]. Regarding the re-establishment of slavery, it was done because of influence from slave-holder families, including the family of Napoleon's first wife. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordat_of_1801 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordat_of_1801 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism#Re-establishment_of_slavery_in_the_colonies_(1802) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism#Re-establishment_...