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Born Jérôme PETION
French writer and politician
Born on January 03, 1756 in Chartres, France , France
Died on June 18, 1794 in Saint-Emilion, France
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Pétion's next works, Les Lois civiles, and Essais sur le mariage, in which he advocated the marriage of priests, confirmed his position as a bold reformer. He also attacked long-held Old Regime traditions such as primogeniture, accusing it of dividing the countryside into “proletarians and colossal properties.” Later works penned by Pétion include his account of Haiti entitled "Reflexions sur la noir et denonciation d’un crime affreux commis a Saint-Domingue" (1790) and "Avis aux francois" in which he chides France for its corruption.
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