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Patrick Henry a Virginia leader and orator of liberty
Patrick Henry, Virginia born and self made legal figure, gained fame with the line give me liberty or give me death. He led Virginia in the Revolution era, recruited 6000 Continental soldiers, provided clothing food and gunpowder, built shipyards, secured foreign loans, and served five terms as governor before dying in 1799.
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