Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0626 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Terror by the Numbers
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The idea
The anchor puts the Terror at thirty-five to fifty-five thousand executed or dead in prison, and half a million imprisoned, three percent of adults. Suspects were arrested on category and denunciation; trials were summary.
In practice
Ten months, one committee, one machine.
Where people slip
The figures are the anchor's, attributed; historians' ranges vary.
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