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3.38- Thermidor

Revolutions

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The Prisoner's Conviction

The commune had just been purged, and all the new members had been personally appointed by robespierre. The toxsin bells rang out to alert the sections that they needed to rise up. Of the forty eight ons, only 13 sent armed companies to the hotel de ville. But enough men did muster to have a go at freeing the prisoners.

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