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The ‘other’ Lafayette: An enslaved man who spied for the French general, adopted his surname but then was denied his promised freedom
The Marquis de Lafayette eventually helped secure his freedom. A statue to James Armistead Lafayette will be dedicated this ...
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The French Revolution
He convened the Estates-General, made up of the Roman Catholic ... of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants ...
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Alabama's connection to the Marquis de Lafayette
This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette. The French general served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. LaFayette later ...
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The Haitian Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all ... joined the forces of the French Republic as a brigadier general, and turned his troops against Spain. In 1797 Toussaint was made commander ...
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New inn, inspired by French general in American Revolution, opens in Williamsburg
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — The newly remodeled Rochambeau Roadside Inn has officially opened its doors. Located at the entrance to historic Colonial Williamsburg, the inn features modern ...
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French Revolution
Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...