Comment on To be fair, Napoleon did ended up disappointing in 1802 when he reinstated slavery in the French colonies, but even so, this was a big W from his part

ArgentRaven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Rothe@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That is how it went in the other colonial empires, including Britain though. In fact while the UK abolished slavery in 1837, it only finished paying off its debt of reparation to slaveowners in 2015.

  But it should be mentioned that Napoleon also reinstated slavery after he became emperor, so I highly doubt he abolished it on Malta for personal convictions.

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