A Black colonial deputy helped push the French empire to abolish slavery

Evidence

Belley had been serving as one of Saint- Domingue’s representatives since the year before, when he and his colleagues had precipitated the vote abolishing slavery throughout the French empire. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 667

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A former slave in the French government countered proslavery racism directly — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 670; The slave uprising drove France to grant political rights to free-coloreds — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 443; Slave insurgents gained emancipation by allying with the French Republic (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: A former slave in the French government countered proslavery racism directly — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 670; The slave uprising drove France to grant political rights to free-coloreds — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 443; Slave insurgents gained emancipation by allying with the French Republic (+1 more)