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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157006509X436897 Journal of Early Modern History 12 (2008) 467-505 brill.nl/jemh Transatlantic Spaces of Revolution: Th e French Revolution, Sciotomanie , and American Lands * Suzanne Desan University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract Th is paper explores an unlikely incident in order to probe how Atlantic culture, commerce, and colonization infl uenced French revolutionary politics. In 1789-90, American and Brit- ish agents in France promoted sales of land in Scioto, Ohio. Land shares sold like hotcakes: the outbreak of revolution spurred early emigration. Th e buyers included leading aristo- crats and right-wing monarchists. Given America’s status as space of colonization and political invention, Scioto speedily became a hot topic of political debate and satire in French revolutionary press and pamphlets. Th is paper examines the multiple meanings of America by asking how agents sold l’Amérique, how the aristocrats planned a paternalist utopia in Ohio, and how French revolutionary patriots used satire, travelogues, and politi- cal persuasion to debate emigration, colonization, nature vs. civilization, and American vs. French liberty. Th is analysis of Sciotomanie rethinks the “Atlantic Revolutions” model: it illustrates how remnant French interest in colonizing North Atlantic lands interacted with the exchange of revolutionary
Journal of Early Modern History – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Keywords: ATLANTIC REVOLUTIONS; ARISTOCRATS; COLONIZATION; LAND SCAMS; FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS; AMERICA; FRENCH REVOLUTION; POLITICAL CULTURE
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