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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (l. 1757-1834), more commonly known in the United States as simply Lafayette, was a French aristocrat, military officer, and politician. He was a major figure in both the...

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Marquis de Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), also known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, political theorist, and mathematician. His ideas, encompassing a wide range of topics from education to...

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Professor Theodore Antikas with Laura-Wynn Antikas Holding the Shorter Greave from the Royal Tomb of Vergina
Professor Theodore Antikas with Laura-Wynn Antikas holding the shorter greave from the Royal Tomb of Vergina in front of the display cabinet in the Archaeological Museum of Vergina. Courtesy of the Antikas team archive.

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The Marquis de Lafayette with James Armistead Lafayette
A portrait of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (center) at the Siege of Yorktown; on the right is depicted James Armistead, an enslaved African American spy who gathered intelligence on the British army to deliver to the marquis. After...

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James Armistead Lafayette
James Armistead Lafayette (l. c. 1748-1832) was an African American Patriot who served the Continental Army as a spy during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). During the Siege of Yorktown, he infiltrated the British camp to bring...

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette, oil on canvas painting by Charles Wilson Peale, 1779-1780.
Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia.

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Marquis de Condorcet
Portrait of Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, French mathematician, philosopher, and political scientist, oil on canvas by an unknown artist (previously attributed to Jean-Baptiste Greuze).
Palace of Versailles.

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THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE by Mary Prince - FULL AudioBook | Greatest AudioBooks
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This Place in History: The Marquis de Lafayette
This statue of French Revolutionary war hero, Marquis de Lafayette, was erected at the University of Vermont in Burlington to commemorate Lafayette's visit to Vermont during the 50th anniversary of the United States in 1826. This Place...