I appreciated the article from the French economic lens. I have focused so much on the economic affect the slave trade had on the British Industrial Revolution that I failed to focus any significant attention to the French. Historians have debated the profitability of the slave trade and its influence on in the British industry through the mid 19th century and most agree that it also remained quite profitable. Did you come across any discussion as to what were the influences on the French people that led to their participation with abolition?
