The First Emancipation: The Forgotten Story of Abolition in Revolutionary France
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Jeremy D. Popkin
8d ago
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Radio FreeThe First Emancipation: The Forgotten Story of Abolition in Revolutionary Franceradiofree.orgOn Aug. 21, 1789, just a month after the storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution, France’s new governing body, the National Assembly, approved the first article of its historic Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. The French document proclaimed that “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights,” More The post The First Emancipation: The Forgotten Story of Abolition in Revolutionary France appeared first on CounterPunch.org .
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