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Abolition entrenched in the 1795 constitution
- When
- 1795
- Where
- France
The French constitution passed in 1795 included in the declaration of the Rights of Man that slavery was abolished.
The French constitution passed in 1795 included in the declaration of the Rights of Man that slavery was abolished, carrying forward the principle of the 1794 law into the Republic's constitutional framework.
Sources
- Abolitionism Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
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