Unique Fellowship Helps UA Little Rock Professor Shed Light On 18th Century Mystery
February 08, 2023
February 08, 2023
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has received a unique fellowship at the Boston Athenaeum that is helping him uncover the mystery of how two French colonial islands thwarted the abolition of slavery.
During the French Revolution, France first abolished slavery in 1794, but Napoleon Bonaparte revoked that degree in 1802 and reinstituted slavery across . . .
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor has received a unique fellowship at the Boston Athenaeum that is helping him uncover the mystery of how two French colonial islands thwarted the abolition of slavery.
During the French Revolution, France first abolished slavery in 1794, but Napoleon Bonaparte revoked that degree in 1802 and reinstituted slavery across . . .