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Analysis Of The Chains Of Slavery By Jean-Paul Marat

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“Man has the right to deal with his oppressors by devouring their palpitating hearts.” Although harsh, Jean-Paul Marat’s words resonate strongly with the ideals he pushed for in revolutionary France. With his newspaper and political positions, Marat pushed for a complete eradication of the noble class in current power, advanced the Convention beliefs, and pressed for liberal changes throughout the Parisian government. According to Ide, In Marat’s newsletter L’Ami du peuple, meaning friend of the people, he intensely criticized the upper class and nobles throughout France. Even before his newsletter’s first issues, Marat was outspoken against the injustices done by English aristocrats. In his first public work, entitled The Chains of Slavery, …show more content…

This common shared belief among Convention members led to an eventual poster, created by Marat, stating, “Five or six hundred heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness”. It was a few years later that the Convention classified King Louis XVI as an enemy of France and put him to death. King Louis’s death, the pressures the National Convention created to eradicate nobility, and even Marat’s tragic death would help to instigate the Reign of Terror (Vidalenc 2014, pg. 1). Besides the desire of the Convention to purge the government of wealthy nobles, Marat also pushed for the elimination of the Girondins in the Convention the article Jean Paul Marat states. The fighting between the Girondins and the Montagnards ended immediately after the Girondins’s expulsion from the Convention, leading to more power in the hands of Marat and his fellow Montagnards. The Convention was eventually disbanded, though not before helping to amend French politics and social issues (Jean Paul Marat 2015, pg.

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