{"product_id":"the-first-emancipation-the-forgotten-history-of-abolition-in-revolutionary-france-hardcover","title":"The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy D. Popkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new history of slavery and the French Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impact on the lives of key leaders, including Mirabeau, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon. Acclaimed historian Jeremy D. Popkin brings this often-forgotten story to life, highlighting the arguments put forward by French abolitionists and their opponents and the profound repercussions of the first abolition of slavery in a Western empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the French revolutionaries passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789, they immediately faced a burning question: did that document's first article--\"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights\"--apply to the 800,000 enslaved Black people in the country's colonies? Over the next dozen years, revolutionary leaders fought over this question. \u003ci\u003eThe First Emancipation \u003c\/i\u003etells how French lawmakers initially protected slavery in their constitution but reversed themselves in 1794, making France the first western country to abolish slavery throughout its empire. Yet only eight years later, in 1802, Napoleon tried to force the emancipated Black populations of the colonies back into slavery. His decision led to his first major military defeat and to the proclamation of the independence of the Black nation of Haiti, but also to the reestablishment of slavery in other French colonies, where it would not finally be abolished until 1848. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of how France emancipated its enslaved people and declared them full citizens only to return many of them to bondage, \u003ci\u003eThe First Emancipation \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that the course of abolition in the modern world was more winding and halting than is often remembered.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy D. Popkin\u003c\/b\u003e is the William T. Bryan Chair Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. His many books include \u003ci\u003eA New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52051163283757,"sku":"9780691246925","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-first-emancipation-the-forgotten-history-of-abolition-in-revolutionary-france-hardcover-8788640.webp?v=1780169528","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-first-emancipation-the-forgotten-history-of-abolition-in-revolutionary-france-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}