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The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery

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Patrick Henry
Age: 63 †
Born: 1736
Born: May 29
Died: 1799
Died: June 6
Governor Of Virginia
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Politician
Slaveholder
Hanover County
Virginia
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