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Bonaparte, as First Consul of France, reinstated slavery in the FWI, and historians still argue over the role played in that decision by his Creole wife Josephine, a native of Martinique (see page 55).
For undermanned Guadeloupe and Martinique, the French pirates were critically important: in return for a safe haven, they carried in supplies, raided enemy merchant vessels, and joined battles against invading forces.
Some years later, French colonizers moved south to both Guadeloupe and Martinique.
In 1871 under the Third Republic, Martinique and Guadeloupe were granted representation in the National Assembly in Paris, which they have retained ever since.
The traffic soared incredibly: by 1745 Martinique had 60,000 slaves and only 16,000 whites, while Guadeloupe had even more slaves and fewer whites.