Qui abolit l’esclavage des nègres dans les colonies, Paris 1794. Americas he penned his magnum opus

he penned his magnum opus

allowed foreign vessels arriving directly from the African coast to dock in the main port of each of the following French American places: Martinique

Beyond its technical and economic focus

To the right of the image is an extensive pencil inscription reproducing a dialogue between the master and the enslaved man (in Creole):

and students of textile production

Qui abolit l’esclavage des nègres dans les colonies, Paris 1794. Americas he penned his magnum opusDeclaration of the first abolition of slavery in the modern world: the first edition France. National Convention (1792 1795). Dcret de la Convention Nationale, du 16. e jour de pluvise, an 2. e de la Rpublique Franaise, une & indivisible, qui abolit lesclavage des ngres dans les colonies. [colophon:] Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale excutive du Louvre, An IIe. de la Rpublique [1794]. 4. 2, [2 blank] pp. Printed to right of caption title: No. 2262.