The Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen was unusual at the time specifically because it was _universalist_; it was _not_ just about French people.

The Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen was unusual at the time specifically because it was _universalist_; it was _not_ just about French people. Now, granted, they didn't get around to banning slavery until five years after, so, y'know, this was always more an ideal than anything else.