N°. 2262 DECREE
OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION 16 Pluviôse Year II of the French Republic, One and Indivisible Abolition of Negro Slavery in the Colonies
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XIII Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly (...)
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Liberty, Equality, Fraternity In the Name of the French People
The Provisional Government,
Whereas slavery is an affront to human dignity;
that in destroying man’s free (...)
1777: slavery abolished in the State of Vermont
1780: gradual emancipation law in Pennsylvania
26 August, 1789: Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
8 March, 1790: (...)