Jean-Baptiste Carrier | |
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 Carrier portrayed during his trial by François Bonneville | |
| Deputy in the National Convention | |
| In office 5 September 1792 – 16 December 1794 | |
| Constituency | Cantal[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1756 Yolet, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 16 December 1794 (aged 38) Paris, French Republic |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Political party | The Mountain |
Jean-Baptiste Carrier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist kaʁje]; 16 March 1756 – 16 December 1794) was a French Revolutionary and politician most notable for his actions in the War in the Vendée during the Reign of Terror. While under orders to suppress a Royalist counter-revolution, he commanded the execution of 4,000 civilians, mainly priests, women and children in Nantes, some by drowning in the river Loire, which Carrier described as "the National Bathtub."[2] After the fall of the Robespierre government, Carrier was tried for war crimes by the Revolutionary Tribunal, found guilty, and executed.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Carrier". Assemblée nationale. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Loomis, Stanley (1964). Paris in the Terror. Philadelphia; New York: J.B. Lippincott Co. p. 289. OCLC 401403.