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dhampyresaVia minoanmiss
Untold in English, maybe.
I wonder if any of his friendships with Olympe de Gouges (feminist and slavery abolition activist), Chevalier d'Éon (spy trans woman) and Thomas Alexandre Dumas (Black freed slave, future Napoléon general and father of the Dumas of Musketeers fame) will be included.
Wonder how they're going to deal with the complicated history of slavery abolition in France. Briefly: in 1315 an edict made it so any slave that set foot on continental France was instantly freed; this edict was abolishing serf servitude and was not applied to any colonies once those were conquered (hence Toussaint l'Ouverture forex); inan II 1794 slavery was abolished in all France, including the colonies; 1802 Napoléon re-establishes slavery (big YIKES) and finally in 1848, France definitely abolishes slavery in all its territories. Yay. Took us long enough.
minoanmissI wonder if any of his friendships with Olympe de Gouges (feminist and slavery abolition activist), Chevalier d'Éon (spy trans woman) and Thomas Alexandre Dumas (Black freed slave, future Napoléon general and father of the Dumas of Musketeers fame) will be included.
Wonder how they're going to deal with the complicated history of slavery abolition in France. Briefly: in 1315 an edict made it so any slave that set foot on continental France was instantly freed; this edict was abolishing serf servitude and was not applied to any colonies once those were conquered (hence Toussaint l'Ouverture forex); in