Who was Marquis de Lafayette? with Mike Duncan
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
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All People Are Created Equal
Lafayette was a wealthy member of the nobility and alite. He went to the united states filled with some vague, idealistic, enlightened notions that liberty is better than tyranny. The french monarchy more or less goes bankrupt in 17 86 partly as a result of lafayette and benjamin franklin convincing them to give like a billion dollars to the americans. But lafayette is heavily involved this reform movement. When he sees injustice, he wants to correct it. And he spends his time, his money, his attention on poor relief,. On rights for protestants, on rights for jews. From 17 83, very early, he's the earliest proponents of mass emancip
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