Citizen Genet, was the French ambassador to
Citizen Genet, was the French ambassador to the United States from 1794"1795, during the French Revolution. Genets recruited and armed American privateers to join French expeditions against the British in the Caribbean, and the Spanish in Florida
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13124709
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45381559
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
