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REVOLUTION. HARLOW UNGER SPOKE AT RED HILL, IN BROOKNEAL, VIRGINIA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT'S AN HONOR AND -- WELL,
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VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO BE HERE AT RED HILL. IT'S A PLACE THAT PATRICK HENRY CALLED ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SPOTS IN AMERICA. ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SEE...
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SIGNERS OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION. BY ELIMINATING THOSE NAMES, THEY ELIMINATE PATRICK HENRY. THAT'S WHY I THINK I SHOULD DECIDE....
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THAT PATRICK HENRY REALLY MEANT BY THOSE
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WORDS. AND EVEN FEWER KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE MAN HIMSELF. AS I SAID, I BELIEVE THAT PATRICK HENRY WAS THE GREATEST OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AFTER...
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ENTIRE CITY OF GARY, INDIANA. [LAUGHTER] >> BUT HENRY WAS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN A FOUNDING FATHER. HE WAS AMERICA'S GREATEST ORATOR
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AND COURTROOM LAWYER. LORD BYRON, THE ENGLISH POET WHO COULD ONLY READ HENRY'S SPEECHES CALLED HIM THE DEMOST THESE OF HIS AGE. AND JOHN ADAMS, WHO...
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HIS GENIUS BY WEARING HUMBLE, HOME MADE FARMERS CLOTHES AND SPEAKING IN HIS OWN NATURAL MOUNTAIN TWANG. SOME JUDGES AND OPPONENTS LAWYERS, ESPECIALLY...
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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> AND I THINK YOU'LL TAKE
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QUESTIONS NOW. >> INDEED. >> IS IT NECESSARY FOR THE
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MICROPHONE TO COME BEFORE
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THE AUDIENCE?
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WERE ALL RIGHT.
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OKAY. >> I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHO'S ANSWERS I KNOW. [LAUGHTER] >>
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YES, MA'AM? >> THERE WAS A LAW PASSED IN VIRGINIA AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF
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SLAVES. I FORGET THE
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YEAR. BUT THEN, AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, PEOPLE BEGAN TO SORT OF TRAFFIC IN ALMOST BREEDING SLAVES TO SELL TO THE READY MARKET IN THE SOUTH. >>...
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YEAH. WELL -- >> THE COTTON ECONOMY OPENED THE DOORS TO ALL SORTS OF ABUSES FOR
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SLAVES. BECAUSE IT DIDN'T TAKE ANY SKILLS TO PLANT
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AND HARVEST COTTON. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND IT SORT OF HAVE TO DO WITH THE FORMER HOME,
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WHERE PINEL, THE OWNER, WAS A FRIEND OF HENRY, AND PINEL WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE TRADE. I MEAN IT'S ALMOST LIKE SORT OF AN EVIL PLACE ALTHOUGH...
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THEM? TURN THEM LOOSE, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? WHERE WOULD THEY GO? HOW WOULD THEY EAT? HERE THEY HAD JOBS. THEY WERE FED WELL, CLOTHED WELL, HOUSED....
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FRIENDS BEFORE. AND HOW DID THAT STRAIN THEIR -- >> WELL, IT -- IT BASICALLY IT ENDED THEIR CLOSENESS. THEY NEVER LOST RESPECT FOR
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EACH OTHER. THIS WAS A DEBATE IN WHICH I THINK THE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE REALIZED THERE WAS A LOT OF RIGHT AND A LOT OF WRONG...
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THINK, THAT IN VIRGINIA IT PASSED THE VERY NARROW MARGIN, MAYBE THREE VOTES OR SOMETHING. >> RIGHT. >> AND SOME OF THE OTHER STATES IT WAS VERY CLOSE....
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HOW CLOSE WAS THE VOTING
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THERE? >> THE CONSTITUTION CONVENTION CAME FIRST. THAT WAS TO APPROVE THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONSTITUTION. AND THAT WAS PRETTY
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OVERWHELMING VOTE IN FAVOR BUT IT WAS NOT BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT AS IT SAYS IN THE DOCUMENT. THAT WAS GOVERNOR MORRIS' CLEVER LANGUAGE. GEORGE MASON, OF...
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THEN EVENTUALLY -- >> YEAH, HE TRIED TO STRADDLE THE FENCE. AND HE WROTE A FAMOUS LETTER SAYING IF
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HE WAS -- HE WAS THEN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE. AND HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE -- I THINK IT WAS TO WASHINGTON, I HAVE FORGETTEN. HE WROTE A FAMOUS LETTER...
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VISIT HARLOWGILESUNGER.COM. >> JOHN DOWER IS THE AUTHOR OF "CULTURES OF WAR WAR:
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PEARL HARBOR,
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