Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848 is an 1849 painting by French artist François-Auguste Biard which is kept in the Palace of Versailles, France. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1849 at the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
See also Decree of the Abolition of Slavery of April 27, 1848, on whose events this painting is based Abolitionism in France Victor Schœlcher French Second Republic
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