How Fr. John Dubois Escaped the Revolutionaries with the Help of Robespierre & Lafayette

In June 1791 Fr. Dubois escaped Paris with the help of the Marquis de Lafayette and Maximilien Robespierre

0:00 Early life
0:48 Hospital assignment
1:12 The Revolution & the Oath
1:53 Riot at January 9th, 1791 mass
2:22 "I cannot take the oath, my conscience does not allow me."
2:35 "The Oath, or the lamppost!"
2:59 "When the law speaks, the conscience must be silent."
3:14 Fr. Dubois' loophole
3:32 By early June, Dubois was marked man
3:50 Help from Lafayette & Robespierre
4:24 Late June, escapes & sets out for America

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Thumbnail Images:
Cover of John Dubois: Founding Father, by Richard Shaw