The Historical Context of _Black Thunder_: The French Revolution

The historical context of Gabriel Prosser's slave revolt is very
important in Bontemps' novel. A big part of that context is the French
Revolution.

     Please find three passages which refer to the French revolution
or to French people; but make sure that at least _one_ of them refers
to the Revolution, not just to the French people living in Virginia.
Write 300 words about how Bontemps _uses_ the historical context of
the French Revolution in the novel.