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BRISSOT DE WARVILLE (Jacques-Pierre Brissot, known as Jacques-Pierre). Autograph letter signed to Camille Desmoulins. S.l., "February 17" [1790 or 1791]. "I recommend to M. Desmoulins the two memoirs enclosed, and I hope above all that his energetic pen will defend the cause of the unfortunate blacks now pursued by an infernal cabal. THE FRIEND OF LIBERTY MUST NOT HAVE TWO STANDARDS. ONE MUST BE JUST IF ONE WANTS TO BE FREE. The Société des amis des noirs is counting infinitely on M. Desmoulins' zeal for Liberty. I am all his, without ceremony..." A fine letter written during the virulent debates surrounding the black question in the French colonies. In February 1788, he was one of the founders of the Société des Amis des Noirs (in imitation of the English), and opposed the interests of the planters united in August 1789 in the Société des colons français, also known as the Club Massiac, after the private mansion where it met on Place des Victoires. Although he recognized the generosity of abolitionist ideas, Camille Desmoulins didn't make them his hobbyhorse, and soon clashed with Jacques-Pierre Brissot over their differences on the question of France's entry into the war. He even published two works hostile to him: Jacques-Pierre Brissot démasqué (February 1792) and Histoire des brissotins (May 1793).
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BRISSOT DE WARVILLE (Jacques-Pierre Brissot, known as Jacques-Pierre). Autograph letter signed to Camille Desmoulins. S.l., "February 17" [1790 or 1791]. "I recommend to M. Desmoulins the two memoirs enclosed, and I hope above all that his energetic pen will defend the cause of the unfortunate blacks now pursued by an infernal cabal. THE FRIEND OF LIBERTY MUST NOT HAVE TWO STANDARDS. ONE MUST BE JUST IF ONE WANTS TO BE FREE. The Société des amis des noirs is counting infinitely on M. Desmoulins' zeal for Liberty. I am all his, without ceremony..." A fine letter written during the virulent debates surrounding the black question in the French colonies. In February 1788, he was one of the founders of the Société des Amis des Noirs (in imitation of the English), and opposed the interests of the planters united in August 1789 in the Société des colons français, also known as the Club Massiac, after the private mansion where it met on Place des Victoires. Although he recognized the generosity of abolitionist ideas, Camille Desmoulins didn't make them his hobbyhorse, and soon clashed with Jacques-Pierre Brissot over their differences on the question of France's entry into the war. He even published two works hostile to him: Jacques-Pierre Brissot démasqué (February 1792) and Histoire des brissotins (May 1793).
