Society of the Friends of the Blacks
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The Society of the Friends of the Blacks (Société des amis des Noirs or Amis des noirs) was a French abolitionist society, founded by mostly white French men and women. They opposed slavery, which was institutionalized in the French colonies of the Caribbean and North America, and the African slave trade. The Society was created in Paris in 1788, and operated until 1793, during years of the French Revolution. It was led by Jacques Pierre Brissot, with advice from British Thomas Clarkson, who led the abolitionist movement in the Kingdom of Great Britain. At the beginning of 1789, the Society had 141 members.
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Notable members
- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Jacques Pierre Brissot
- Jean-Louis Carra
- Étienne Clavière
- Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne
- Marquis de Condorcet
- Olympe de Gouges
- Henri Grégoire
- Samuel de Missy
- Marquis de La Fayette
- Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
- Maximilien Robespierre
- Dominique de La Rochefoucauld
- J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur
- Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
- Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve
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