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and in Napoleon’s case reinstating slavery
by n1b0m 3y ago
and in Napoleon’s case reinstating slavery
- andsoitis 3y ago> and in Napoleon’s case reinstating slavery For context: Napoleon reintroduced slavery in certain colonies 1802, after its abolition in the French Revolution. It was finally abolished by France during the Second Republic, in 1848. The US only abolished slavery in December 1865. Britain did so in 1834 throughout its realm. Mauritania, a country in Africa, was the last in the world to abolish slavery in 1981.
- TheChaplain 3y agoI'm fairly certain I read there are slave markets even today in Libya.
- kspacewalk2 3y agoThere are millions of slaves around the world. No government explicitly allows slavery, but plenty turn a blind eye to it, Mauritania being one of the more egregious ones.
- ulizzle 3y ago[flagged]
- beebeepka 3y agoI haven't even been to America and it's the weekend, so please, indulge us.
- plasma_beam 3y agoThe post isn’t American specific per se. Poster is just implying that people on porn sites are in essence sex slaves. It’s slight sarcasm. At least that’s my take.
- ulizzle 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- ulizzle 3y ago[flagged]
- jjtheblunt 3y agoWhat?
- crossroadsguy 3y ago> Britain did so in 1834 throughout its realm. Nope. https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/the-slave-trade-and-abolition/sites-of-memory/ending-slavery/1834-the-end-of-slavery/ https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/t... This is just one piece. You will find more if you look. Britain's slavery history is anything but what it seems it is. Are you British by any chance? Genuinely curious. I am asking because Britain is known to have, not whitewashed, but pretty much completely removed their barbarous colonial past and acts from the their own citizen's history books.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoIn context France this was after the Treaty of Amiens when the UK returned colonies seized from France during the French Revolution and in which slavery had therefore never been abolished. I believe that the reinstatement really applied only to Guadeloupe and French Guiana. You could also have mentioned that he abolished restrictions and discriminations imposed on the Jews in every European country he conquered.
- seszett 3y ago> You could also have mentioned that he abolished restrictions and discriminations imposed in the Jews in every European country he conquered. Decriminalization of homosexuality as well. Many things can be criticised but he did largely spread the progressive ideals of the French revolution all over Europe, where they stayed durably .
- jeromegv 3y agoDid those ideals applied to the residents in the colonies? Were “colonized” people benefiting from being equal to the French citizens in the mère patrie?
- seszett 3y agoOf course not, which is why I explicitly mentioned Europe. The people in the colonies (displaced slaves as well as French settlers) were very far from being equal to those in Europe, which is hardly specific to France though.
- notjoemama 3y agoSomeone is angry and using presentism as the basis for their criticism. Don’t take the bait. I appreciated your explanation. Thank you.
- objektif 3y agoWhat is the bait here? That France like other barbaric colonial empires sucked the blood of millions of people around the world?
- ekianjo 3y agoGotta love 21st century ignorants commenting on 18th century matters like if they grasped any of the context