Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 - October 3, 1803) on Class Warfare and Land(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Statesman, Political Philosopher, Founding Father of the United States
: American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“...our lands will go next, or be subject to rack rents from haughty and relentless landlords, who will ride at ease, while we are trodden in the dirt.... How long such treatment will or ought to be borne, is submitted.”
Source: "The Rights of the Colonists," by Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, November 20, 1772.
"The Rights of the Colonists," by Samuel Adams, The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, November 20, 1772.
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