The drownings in the Loire during the Terror. The drowning in Nantes, an episode of terror between November 1793 and February 1794 in Nantes. Thousands of people, suspicious in the eyes of the Republic, were drowned in the Loire River by order of Jean-Baptiste Carrier. France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Histoire de la Revolution Francaise 1876 by Jules Michelet (1798-1874)

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