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Barbaroux, Charles
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Advocate, born at Marseilles, of which he became town-clerk; came to Paris "a young Spartan," and became chief of the Girondins in the French Revolution; represented Marseilles in the Constituent Assembly and the Convention; joined the Rolands; sent "fire-eyed" message to Marseilles for six hundred men "who knew how to die"; held out against Marat and Robespierre; declared an enemy of the people, had to flee; mistook a company approaching for Jacobins, drew his pistol and shot himself, but the shot miscarried; was captured and guillotined (1767-1794).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barbaroux, Charles'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/barbaroux-charles.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barbaroux, Charles'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/barbaroux-charles.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
