Racist, Napoleon?
Two hundred years after the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, its commemoration is debated in France.
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How to explain the famous decree-law of May 20, 1802 which returns to the abolition of slavery voted by the French Republic in 1794?
Why did Napoleon, then First Consul, sign this text?
Explanations by Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec, associate professor of history and professor in the history department of the University of Sherbrooke (Canada), member of the editorial committee of the journal
Esclavages & Post-slavages
and author of
L'Armée indigène.
The defeat of Napoleon in Haiti
, preface by Lyonel Trouillot.
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