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Adresse du commerce de Marseille à l'Assemblée nationale

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Notes:
Caption title.
Dated on p. 5: Marseille, ce 2 septembre 1791.
Pages 5-8 consist only of signatures of merchants in Marseille.
Place of publication suggested by Bissainthe.
Another edition: S.l. : F. Brebion, 1791.
Concerning the decree of the 15th of May which gave citizenship and voting privileges to freed slaves born of freed men and women slaves. The merchants protest against this ruling to the Assemblée nationale and speak in violent terms against the anti-slavery group known as Les Amis des Noirs.
Signatures: A.
Cf. Martin & Walter. Révolution française, 9501.
Digital version available on Internet Archive.

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"Adresse du commerce de Marseille à l'Assemblée nationale" (1791). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:12914/

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