Carolina QuotesLet us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
George Washington Connected to the Carolinas
Source
General Orders, Headquarters, New York (2 July 1776)
- year
- 1776
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