Little Sarah

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Little Sarah

ship

Also known as: “La Petite Démocrate”

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Citizen Genêt Affair
…dispatching of the prize ship Little Sarah (refitted as La Petite Démocrate), Washington and his cabinet demanded Genêt’s recall. With the radical Jacobins newly in power in France, his arrest was ordered, and he faced possible death if he returned home. Washington declined to extradite him, and in 1794 Genêt…
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…dispatching of the prize ship Little Sarah (refitted as La Petite Démocrate), Washington and his cabinet demanded Genêt’s recall. With the radical Jacobins newly in power in France, his arrest was ordered, and he faced possible death if he returned home. Washington declined to extradite him, and in 1794 Genêt…
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