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The Pennsylvania Gazette: Unrest Continues (28 September 1796) September 28, 1796
Despite the abolition of slavery by the French, turbulence continued in many parts of the colony. The French relied on local generals, such as Toussaint L’Ouverture, to restore order.
The Pennsylvania Gazette: White Refugees (17 July 1793) July 17, 1793
Many American cities met the emergency needs of an influx of white refugees who fled the uprising.
The Philosophy of History 1830
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) was a famous philosophy professor in Berlin whose lectures attracted many students, even though the lectures were extraordinarily abstract. The Philosophy of History was a compilation of his lectures given in…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948-12-10
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948 to provide an authoritative list of human rights that could serve as an international standard for all peoples and nations. An affirmation of…
A Deputation of Women Citizens Demands Action on Food Prices (24 February 1793) February 24, 1793
In the rioting over prices of February 1793, women appealed first to the authorities, showing that they intended to communicate directly with their representatives in the municipal government of Paris. By explicitly referring to themselves as…
A Divided Elite from An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti 1805
In this excerpt, Rainsford describes the divisive effects of the Declaration of Rights of the Blacks among the various racial/social groupings.
A Female Writer’s Response to the American Champion or a Well–Known Colonist January 18, 1790
Better known for her defense of the rights of women, Olympe de Gouges defended the rights of the downtrodden in general. Here she points out the cruelty of slavery and expresses the hope that the slave trade will be abandoned.
A Girondin View: Roland Calls on the King to Declare War June 1792
In the spring of 1792, the Legislative Assembly—particularly its Executive Committee, dominated by Girondins—took a more aggressive attitude toward Austria, repeatedly arguing that France needed to act first to ward off invasion and thereby not only…
A Grateful France Proclaims Napoleon the First Emperor of the French 1804-00-00
In this engraving, Roman and contemporary themes are combined to glorify the new emperor. The absence of any clear representation of revolutionary liberty shows Napoleon moving away from the events of the preceding decade.
A Left–Wing Newspaper Continues the Attack on Slavery (October 1790) October 1790
In this article, the influential newspaper The Revolutions of Paris asks if Africans and their descendants are "Born to Slavery?" as part of a general consideration of the situation in the French colonies.