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Barnave

British  
/ barnav /

noun

  1. Antoine Pierre . 1761–93, French revolutionary. A prominent member of the National Assembly, he was executed for his royalist sympathies

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Survivors include his wife, the former Immacula Joseph; children from several relationships; and his sister, Katia Barnave, who confirmed the death.

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They had been caught at Varennes, to be conducted back to Paris by Barnave and P�tion, deputies.

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This man was the incarnation of the spirit of Slavery; he could have exclaimed, with Barnave, “Perish the colonies rather than a principle.”

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On the other hand, the leaders of the Left, Barnave and the Lameths, felt that they had weakened the executive power too much.

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They numbered about 160, and among them were some able men, such as Matthieu Dumas and Bigot de Pr�amenau, but they were 159 guided chiefly by persons outside the House, because incapable of re-election, Barnave, Duport and the Lameths.

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