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In 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 the
by mytailorisrich 3y ago
In 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?
- Lamad1234 3y ago[dead]
- hef19898 3y agoAnd his code civile is still influencing laws today.