Cancel Napoleon? French West Indies Decry Emperor For Slavery Role
As France and its overseas departments mark 200 years since Napoleon s death, his role in spreading slavery to the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique is prompting more and more to reverse his heroic legacy.
FORT-DE-FRANCE TV reports, radio talk shows, columns in local dailies. On the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique as in mainland France, the upcoming bicentenary of Napoleon s death isn t going unnoticed. But that doesn t mean that people in the overseas
départements are eager to celebrate as May 5, the anniversary of the famed emperor s passing, draws near.