Society of the Rights of Man
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Society of the Rights of Man
Société des droits de l'homme |
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| Leader | Various |
| Founded | 1830 |
| Dissolved | 1840 |
| Headquarters | Paris and Lyon |
| Newspaper | La Tribune des départements |
| Membership (1830) | 4,000 (Paris) |
| Ideology |
Republicanism Jacobinism Populism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Slogan | Liberté, égalité, fraternité |
The Society of the Rights of Man (French: Société des droits de l'homme, SDH), was a French republican association with Jacobin roots, formed during the July Revolution in 1830, replacing another republican association, the Society of the Friends of the People. It played a major role in the June riots of 1832 in Paris and July Monarchy.
The SDH was modelled on another French secret Society, the Charbonnerie, organised in small groups of less than twenty members, each given names that evoked Jacobin tradition: 'Robespierre', 'Marat', 'Babeuf', 'Louvel', 'Blackjack January', 'War with the castles', 'Washington', etc. They were a nationwide organisation, consisting of group sizes of between 10 and less than 20 members, this allowed them to circumvent the law which required a permit for groups of more than 20 members (this law was amended in February 1834). They were the first organisation to extend its educational activities to the working class.
In Paris, there were 170 groups with a total of approximately 3 000 members. Its network extended into the province and would account, according to then police reports, approximately 4 000 members.
The official publication of the organisation was La Tribune des départements published by Armand Marrast. It published very revolutionary articles often insulting the King Louis-Philippe and its government.
The management committee of the SDH was made up of representatives of the extreme-left like Audry de Puyraveau or Voyer d' Argenson, and of young republican militants such as Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac, Joseph Sobrier or Joseph Guinard. Moderates included Antoine Richard du Cantal, the German writer Georg Büchner (author of Woyzeck, amongst other) although this is not proven.
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