A unique path towards ‘Liberty for All’? When the French islands of the Indian Ocean took their long walk to freedom, it was markedly different to the journey experienced by colonies in the West Indies: from 1793-1794 to 1802, Guadeloupe, Saint-Domingue and French Guiana lived through the tumultuous history of slavery’s abolition during the French … Continue reading 20th December 1848: the abolition of slavery in Reunion Island