FranceListe naturalisation, n° 149 · History, geography and culture

Who abolished slavery in France?

In the exam (French)

Qui a aboli l'esclavage en France ?

  1. aNapoléon BonaparteNapoléon Bonaparte
  2. bLouis XVILouis XVI
  3. cVictor SchœlcherVictor SchœlcherCorrect answer
  4. dJules FerryJules Ferry

Why?

Victor Schœlcher obtained the definitive abolition of slavery, decided by the provisional government of the Second Republic in 1848. Napoléon Bonaparte, on the contrary, had reinstated it in 1802.

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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.

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