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“Is it not High Time for the People of this Country explicitly to declare, whether they will be Freemen or Slaves? It is an important Question which ought to be decided. It concerns us more than any Thing in this Life. The Salvation of our Souls is interested in the Event: For wherever Tyranny is establish'd, Immorality of every Kind comes in like a Torrent. It is in the Interest of Tyrants to reduce the People to Ignorance and Vice.”

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Samuel Adams was a prominent figure during the American Revolutionary War and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born on September 27, 1722, and died on October 2, 1803, Adams played a crucial role in the American independence movement. He was a political leader in the Massachusetts colony and one of the drafters of the United States Constitution. more

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