The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be Freemen or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses and Farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned t
Date: April 05, 2009 10:26AM
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be Freemen or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses and Farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human effort will deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army."] - General. George Washington, to his troops before the battle of Long Island, New York