It is the system of great landed estates which invented and sustains the trafficking of whites and blacks who sell and buy men. ... It is this system… - François-Noël Babeuf

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It is the system of great landed estates which invented and sustains the trafficking of whites and blacks who sell and buy men. ... It is this system which in the colonies gives the blacks of our plantations only a blow with a whip and a morsel of bread.

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About François-Noël Babeuf

François-Noël Babeuf, known as Gracchus Babeuf, (23 November 1760 - 27 May 1797) (8 prairial year V), was a French revolutionary. He fomented the conjuration des Égaux (conspiracy of the Equals) against the Directory to enforce the constitution of 1793. He was guillotined. His doctrine babouvisme (Babeufism) is a precursor of communism.

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Native Name: Gracchus Babeauf
Alternative Names: Gracchus Babeuf François Noel Baboeuf François-Noël Baboeuf François Noël Babeuf François-Noel Baboeuf François Noel Babeuf
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