on 21 march 1793, the convention sent the naturalist and writer georg forster, the merchant andré potocki, and him to paris, to complete the planned accession to france. in paris he met several german "friends of freedom", such as konrad engelbert oelsner and johann georg kerner, who shared his disappointment with the development of the revolution. they were disgusted by the eruption of the terror and the radicalization of the sans-culottes and the jacobin club.