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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Revolutionary Origins of Human Rights | |
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| The Documents | |
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| Defining Rights before 1789 | |
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| Natural Law as Defined by the Encyclopedia | |
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| Diderot, "Natural Law" 1755 | |
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| Religious Toleration | |
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| Voltaire, Treatise on Toleration, 1763 | |
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| Edict of Toleration, November 1787 | |
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| Letter from Rabaut Saint Etienne on the Edict of Toleration, December 6, 1787 | |
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| Zalkind Hourwitz, Vindication of the Jews, 1789 | |
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| Antislavery Agitation | |
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| Abb� Raynal, From the Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, 1770 | |
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| Condorcet, Reflections on Negro Slavery, 1781 | |
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| Society of the Friends of Blacks, Discourse on the Necessity of Establishing in Paris a Society for. . .the Abolition of the Slave Trade and of Negro Slavery, 1788 | |
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| Women Begin to Agitate for Rights | |
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| "Petition of Women of the Third Estate to the King," January 1, 1789 | |
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| Categories of Citizenship | |
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| Abb� Siey�s, What Is the Third Estate?, January, 1789 | |
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| The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, 1789 | |
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| Debates about the Declaration of Rights, July and August 1789 | |
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| Marquis de Lafayette, July 11, 1789 | |
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| Duke Mathieu de Montmorency, August 1, 1789 | |
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| Malouet, August 1, 1789 | |
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| The Declaration | |
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| "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen," August 26, 1789 | |
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| Debates over Citizenship and Rights during the Revolution | |
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| The Poor and the Propertied | |
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| Abb� Siey�s, Preliminary to the French Constitution, August 1789 | |
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| Thouret, Report on the Basis of Political Eligibility, September 29, 1789 | |
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| Speech of Robespierre Denouncing the New Conditions of Eligibility, October 22, 1789 | |
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| Religious Minorities and Questionable Professions | |
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| The First Controversies | |
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| Brunet de Latuque, December 21, 1789 | |
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| Count de Clermont Tonnerre, December 23, 1789 | |
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| Abb� Maury, December 23, 1789 | |
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| Letter from French Actors, December 24, 1789 | |
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| Prince de Broglie, December 24, 1789 | |
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| The Jewish Question | |
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| Petition of the Jews of Paris, Alsace, and Lorraine to the National Assembly, January 28, 1790 | |
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| La Fare, Bishop Nancy, Opinion on the Admissibility of Jews to Full Civil and Political Rights, Spring 1790 | |
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| Free Blacks and Slaves | |
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| The Abolition of Negro Slavery or Means for Ameliorating Their Lot, 1789 | |
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| Motion Made by Vincent Og� the Youger to the Assembly of Colonists, 1789 | |
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| Abb� Gr�goire, Memoir in Favor of the People of Color or Mixed-Race of Saint Domingue, 1789 | |
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| Society of the Friends of Blacks, Address to the National Assembly in Favor of the Abolition of Slave Trade, February 5, 1790 | |
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| Speech of Barnave, March 8, 1790 | |
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| Kersaint, Discussion of Troubles in the Colonies, March 28, 1792 | |
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| Decree of the National Convention of February 4, 1794, Abolishing Slavery in All the Colonies | |
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| Speech of Chaumette Celebrating the Abolition of Slavery, February 18, 1794 | |
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| Women | |
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| Condorcet, "On the Admission of Women to the Rights of Citizenship," July 1790 | |
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| Etta Palm D'Aelders, Discourse on the Injustice of Laws in Favor of Men, at the Expense of Women, December 30, 1790 | |
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| Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of Rights of Woman, September 1791 | |
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| Prudhomme, "On the Influence of the Revolution on Women," February 12, 1791 | |
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| Discussion of Citizenship under the Proposed New Constitution, April 29, 1793 | |
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| Discussion of Women's Political Clubs and Their Suppression, October 29-30, 1793 | |
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| Chaumette, Speech at the General Council of the City Government of Paris Denouncing Women's Political Activism, November 17, 1793 | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Questions for Consideration | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |