By the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_20_May_1802" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Law of 20 May 1802">Law of 20 May 1802</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Napoleon Bonaparte">Napoleon Bonaparte</a> reinstates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery">slavery</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French colonial empire">French colonies</a>, revoking its abolition in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>.