Carolina QuotesI am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.
Nathanael Greene Connected to the Carolinas
Source
As quoted in Conflict of conviction: a reappraisal of Quaker involvement in the American Revolution (1990), by William C. Kashatus, p. 45
- year
- 1990
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- p. 45
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