Document, Musee du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France
Decree of the National Convention abolishing slavery in the colonies and giving all residents French citizenship, February 1794, in the Musee du Nouveau Monde, or New World Museum, opened 1982 in the Hotel Fleuriau, an 18th century mansion home to merchant Aime-Benjamin Fleuriau, 1707-1877, in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The museum explores links between France and the Americas, including the slave trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13973316
Media ID
45670521
Size
5655px x 7087px
(15.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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1794 Abolition Aime-benjamin Charente-maritime Citizenship Decree Dhistoire Fleuriau Monde Musees Nouvelle-aquitaine Particulier Poitou-charentes Rochelle
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