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First Convention Speech

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1792

Louis Antoine Saint-Just13 November 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Saint-Just used his first major Convention speech to argue that Louis XVI should be treated as an enemy rather than an ordinary citizen.

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Louis Antoine Saint-Just

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