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Vampire [any]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days ago

From Bonaparte to Napoleon I.

www.napoleon-empire.org

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From Bonaparte to Napoleon I.

www.napoleon-empire.org

Vampire [any]@hexbear.net to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days ago
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An evocation of the Napoleonic epic through the men, battles, institutions and emblematic places of his eventful career
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  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    I feel compelled to plug the excellent podcast Age of Napoleon for those like me who are auditorially inclined, for which this post is an excellent companion

  • Yllych [any]@hexbear.net
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    Read the section on slavery for a laugh

    • Vampire [any]@hexbear.netOP
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      https://www.napoleon-empire.org/en/napoleon-bonaparte-and-slavery.php

      François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, a brilliant Major General of the French Republic, was also initially treated particularly well by First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte

      “initially”

    • hello_hello [undecided, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      You see racism wasn’t a word when napoleon was alive so he couldn’t have been racist!

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