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Support for Abolition of Slavery

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1794Date range
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Chronological records

1794

Georges Jacques Danton4 February 1794

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Danton supported the Convention's abolition of slavery in the French colonies.

Names involved

Georges Jacques Danton

Provenance

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