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When the Republic was proclaimed in Paris in 1848, Schoelcher drafted the emancipation decree that freed 87,500 slaves in Guadeloupe and 72,000 in Martinique.
The son of a Parisian porcelain merchant, Schoelcher was inspired to wage a 15-year struggle to free the slaves by what he saw on three trips to the Caribbean.
Today the smallest hamlets on both islands honor Schoelcher with busts, full statues, and street names.
The stage was now set for the French West Indies’ greatest hero, Victor Schoelcher.