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“If you were lost for America, there is nobody who could keep the army and the revolution [going] for six months.”

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Marquis de Lafayette was a French nobleman who played a significant role in the American Revolution and the French Revolution. He is known for his military leadership and his advocacy for the principles of liberty and democracy. more

“To cash paid for saddlery, a letter case, maps, glasses, etc etc etc. for the use of my Command: 29 pounds 13 shillings and sixpence... To Mrs Washington's travelling expenses in coming to and returning from my winter quarters, the money to defray that taken from my private purse: 1064 pounds, one shilling.”

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Author:George Washington

“Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of slavery.”

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Author:Mercy Otis Warren

“Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!”

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Author:Benjamin Franklin

“That slow poison [slavery] is daily contaminating the minds and morals of our people. Every gentlemen here is born a petty tyrant, practiced in acts of despotism and cruelty.”

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Author:George Mason

“The day is not distant when we must bear and adopt [the abolition of slavery], or worse will follow.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an elemental trait of painting or sculpture.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step.”

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Book:The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

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