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How a Basel City Writer Influenced the Greatest Slave Revolution in the Caribbean

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The peace of Basel, concluded in 1795, had far-reaching consequences: for Basel's city writer Peter Ochs, revolutionary France, and for the events of the greatest slave revolution in the Caribbean.In 1795, decisions were taken at the Holsteinerhof in Basel, which went far beyond the European borders.Peter Ochs, the city writer of the Rhine city, had his hands in the game.Image: Wikimedia / e-rara / Library of CongressThe peace of Basel, conclude…
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The peace of Basel, concluded in 1795, had far-reaching consequences: for Basel's city writer Peter Ochs, revolutionary France, and for the events of the greatest slave revolution in the Caribbean.In 1795, decisions were taken at the Holsteinerhof in Basel, which went far beyond the European borders.Peter Ochs, the city writer of the Rhine city, had his hands in the game.Image: Wikimedia / e-rara / Library of CongressThe peace of Basel, conclude…

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watson.ch/ broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
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