The 1797 French coup overturned planter political victories and revived abolitionism

Evidence

In September 1797 there was a political about-face in Paris. A coup d’état annulled the parliamentary elections that had brought Vaublanc and other planters into office. Laveaux soon took up his post, along with several representatives of African descent elected alongside him. Along with other supporters of emancipation in Paris, this group refounded the abolitionist Société des Amis de Noirs and began an energetic campaign to defend emancipation. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 739

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: By mid-1790 Paris surrendered colonial policy to white planter assemblies — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 299; A Paris coup overturned the proslavery legislature in 1797; Colonial planters believed the slave revolt was orchestrated by French abolitionists and revolutionaries — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 352 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: By mid-1790 Paris surrendered colonial policy to white planter assemblies — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 299; A Paris coup overturned the proslavery legislature in 1797; Colonial planters believed the slave revolt was orchestrated by French abolitionists and revolutionaries — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 352 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• A Paris coup overturned the proslavery legislature in 1797 #expands (0.93)
• Napoleon’s 1802 decree publicly restored slavery and the slave trade in the colonies #complicates (0.80)