Military
LOUIS XVIII TO CHARETTE
The "Central Committee" organizing royalist efforts in 1795 was led by François–Athanése de Charette de la Contrie, a former nobleman.
BONAPARTE SAVES THE DAY
In the waning days of the Convention in the fall of 1795, royalist–influenced sections in Paris revolted to prevent a new constitution that protected the position of the radicals. Bonaparte was delegated to put down the uprising of 5 October 1795 (13 Vendémiaire Year IV).
THE VENDÉE—DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTERREVOLUTION
The first groups of "brigands" formed in the west in mid–1792, in response most immediately to the call to all citizens to volunteer for the army.
Imperialism in North Africa: Autobiography, Leila Abouzeid
In Morocco, after 1912, the colonial regime eschewed, for the most part, introducing overt changes into Islamic personal status law.
Imperialism in North Africa: Interview, Djamila Bouhired
By the eve of the revolution, Algerian demands for even limited political and civil rights had been repeatedly rebuffed by the French colonial regime and the nearly one million European settlers in the country.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
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Caribbean Views
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A PreColumbian Portfolio: An Archive of Photographs
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