George Mason: Virginia Declaration of Rights

( 1776 ) Commentary by Nicole Mitchell, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Michael J. O'Neal, Ph.D.

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Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses (Library of Congress)

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