Question

why did napoleon reintroduce slavery?

Answer 1

1) There were prolonged debates on whether to extend the rights of man to all French Colonies.

2) When the Convention decided to free all slaves in 1794, Napoleon reintroduced slavery ten years later.

3) A huge portion of the French economy depended on slave trade and cities like Bordeaux and Nantes owed their position to the slave trade.

4) Powerful businessmen had their stake in the slave trade, whose support and finance was necessary for Napoleon’s wars, as he saw to liberate Europe.

5) For commodities such as sugar, tobacco, coffee and indigo slave trade was necessary.