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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Predicate Object
instanceOf penal colony
category Penal labour in France
Prisons in France
connectedTo French Revolution NERFINISHED
French naval dockyard of Toulon NERFINISHED
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED
country France
depictedBy Victor Hugo NERFINISHED
depictedIn Les Misérables NERFINISHED
Les Misérables (novel) NERFINISHED
dissolved late 19th century
endTime 1873
fictionalInmate Champmathieu NERFINISHED
Jean Valjean NERFINISHED
hasLanguage French
hasTypeOfPunishment branding (historically)
hard labor
shackling of prisoners
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime NERFINISHED
First French Empire NERFINISHED
July Monarchy NERFINISHED
Second Empire NERFINISHED
inception mid-18th century
legalStatus state prison
locatedIn Mediterranean coast of France NERFINISHED
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Toulon NERFINISHED
Var NERFINISHED
notableFor association with French naval dockyards
forced labor of convicts
harsh conditions
use of chain gangs
operatedBy French Navy NERFINISHED
ownedBy French state NERFINISHED
partOf French penal system NERFINISHED
replaced galley slavery in France
startTime 1748
successor Bagne of Devil’s Island NERFINISHED
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