Bagne of Toulon

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The Bagne of Toulon was a notorious French naval penal labor colony where convicts endured harsh conditions, famously depicted as the prison of Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables."

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Bagne of Toulon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf penal colony ⓘ
category Penal labour in France ⓘ
Prisons in France ⓘ
connectedTo French Revolution ⓘ
French naval dockyard of Toulon ⓘ
linked to: Toulon naval base

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country France ⓘ
depictedBy Victor Hugo ⓘ
depictedIn Les Misérables ⓘ
Les Misérables (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Les Misérables
dissolved late 19th century ⓘ
endTime 1873 ⓘ
fictionalInmate Champmathieu ⓘ
Jean Valjean ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
hasTypeOfPunishment branding (historically) ⓘ
hard labor ⓘ
shackling of prisoners ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
July Monarchy ⓘ
Second Empire ⓘ
inception mid-18th century ⓘ
legalStatus state prison ⓘ
locatedIn Mediterranean coast of France ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
Toulon ⓘ
Var ⓘ
notableFor association with French naval dockyards ⓘ
forced labor of convicts ⓘ
harsh conditions ⓘ
use of chain gangs ⓘ
operatedBy French Navy ⓘ
ownedBy French state ⓘ
partOf French penal system ⓘ
replaced galley slavery in France ⓘ
startTime 1748 ⓘ
successor Bagne of Devil’s Island ⓘ
overseas bagnes in French Guiana ⓘ
use naval penal labor ⓘ
penal labor ⓘ
usedFor imprisonment of common criminals ⓘ
imprisonment of military convicts ⓘ
imprisonment of political prisoners ⓘ
workPerformed arsenal work ⓘ
military infrastructure labor ⓘ
port construction and maintenance ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ

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Jean Valjean → imprisonedAt → Bagne of Toulon ⓘ