Jacques Roux

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Jacques Roux (French: [ʒak ʁu]) was a French Catholic red priest and revolutionary who became active during the French Revolution. He became a prominent spokesman for the Parisian sans-culottes and advocated price controls and measures against food hoarding and speculation. Associated with the radical current known as the Enragés, he was one of the most outspoken figures on the revolutionary left. Roux, Jean-François Varlet and Théophile Leclerc, commonly associated with the Enragés, did not form an organized political group or share a common programme. Although they pursued different priorities, they shared a commitment to greater social and political equality. By mid-November 1793, the Enragés disappeared as an organised political movement.

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