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Why did the prosperity of French ports make ending slavery difficult?

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Correct answer: Because port towns profited from the slave trade

The governing concept is the political influence of commercial interests. French Atlantic ports prospered through shipping, insurance, credit, re-export, and trade connected with colonial plantations and enslaved labour. Abolition threatened this network because merchants and investors feared losing cargoes, markets, and profits. Their influence could make legislators cautious even when revolutionary principles condemned slavery. Option A is correct because it identifies the material reason for resistance to abolition. Option B reverses the relationship: ports were centres of commerce, not free cities created by enslaved people. Option C is false because port prosperity depended on colonial connections. Option D is also false because 1794 was an abolition date, not a final abolition achieved by the ports before it.

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French RevolutionFrench PortsSlave TradeCommercial InterestsThe Abolition Of SlaveryThe French RevolutionHistoryClass 9 Mcq

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