Victor Schoelcher
✓ Source-basedrisingFrench politician and writer (1804-1893)
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Victor Schœlcher was a French abolitionist, writer, politician and journalist, best known for his leading role in the abolition of slavery in France in 1848, during the Second Republic.
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Schœlcher in 1848, by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne
Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848 by François-Auguste Biard
Photograph of Schœlcher by Étienne Carjat, between 1876-1884
Statue of Schœlcher with a freed slave celebrating the 1848 abolition of slavery, in Cayenne. Sculpted by Louis-Ernest Barrias, it was listed as a monument historique in 1999In their orbit 2
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About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1804 to 1893 · aged 89
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