Port of Nantes and French Atlantic trade networks (1680-1793)

1. Code Noir sets slavery framework in colonies

   Mar 1, 1685Labels: Code Noir, French Caribbean

   • BnF Heritage
   • Code Noir

2. First confirmed Nantes slaving expedition sails

   Jan 1, 1688Labels: Nantes, Transatlantic slave

   • Port Nantes
   • Memorial Nantes

3. Nantes trade accelerates after War of Spanish Succession

   Jan 1, 1713Labels: War of, Nantes

   • Port Nantes
   • Encyclopedia com

4. Eighteenth-century slave trade makes Nantes the top French port

   Jan 1, 1750Labels: Nantes, Slave trade

   • Memorial Nantes
   • Encyclopedia com

5. Seven Years’ War disrupts French Atlantic commerce

   Jan 1, 1756Labels: Seven Years', French shipping

   • Port Nantes
   • Pacte Famille

6. Marie Séraphique launched as purpose-built slaver

   Oct 1, 1764Labels: Marie S, Nantes shipyard

   • Marie S raphique
   • Memorial Nantes

7. Eden Treaty shifts trade pressures on French ports

   Sep 26, 1786Labels: Eden Treaty, France Britain

   • WorldCat
   • Eden Treaty

8. French Revolution begins, unsettling colonial trade politics

   Jul 14, 1789Labels: French Revolution, Nantes merchants

   • Nantes Slave
   • Encyclopedia com

9. Slave uprising in Saint-Domingue shocks Nantes’ main market

   Aug 21, 1791Labels: Saint-Domingue, Nantes traders

   • 1791 Rebellion
   • Encyclopedia com

10. Battle of Nantes repels Vendée attack

    Jun 29, 1793Labels: Battle of, War in

    • Battle Nantes
    • Port Nantes

11. Drownings at Nantes intensify crisis in port city

    Nov 1, 1793Labels: Jean-Baptiste Carrier, Nantes

    • Drownings
    • Carrier

12. National Convention abolishes slavery in French colonies

    Feb 4, 1794Labels: National Convention, French colonies

    • CHNM Decree
    • Law 1794