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Why Did the French Commissioners in Saint-Domingue Abolish Slavery in 1793

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Why did the French commissioners in Saint-Domingue abolish slavery in 1793?


A) They were required by the Committee of Public Safety to apply the principles of liberty and equality to all French lands.
B) The British and Spanish had already outlawed slavery; the French commissionaires feared a rebellion if they did not do likewise.
C) They were captured by slave armies and forced to issue the edict abolishing slavery.
D) They were desperate to rally the rebel slaves to the French cause against the Spanish and English forces on the island.

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