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Faced with a large-scale violence in Guadeloupe, local elected officials evoke feelingss older to justify the current crisis on the island. An analysis shared by Frédéric Régent, historian and native of Guadeloupe.
Frédéric Régent affirms that the relationship with the law is particular in Guadeloupe. According to him, the colonial heritage has a lot to do with it. Indeed, while slavery was not practiced in metropolitan France, the overseas territoriessea and their inhabitants have suffered it. If slavery was abolished in 1848, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana and Réunion remained colonies until departmentalization in 1946. The aim of this initiative was to benefit from certain advantages, such as the social protection system. However, the historian declares that the overseas territoriessea did not receive family allowances until 1979.
This gap vis-à-vis the metropolis has created a form of mistrust vis-à-vis the state. Frederic Régent explains that there are laws in metropolitan France who are not always applied in Outraged-sea. The historian and former teacher add that school failure is much more palpable in Guadeloupe. Despite everything, Frédéric Régent confirms that the inhabitants actually want a realEtat. ‘‘This is paradoxicalsays the historian. Indeed, two opposite feelings coexist: the rejection ofEstate and the need forEtat.