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'''This is not about the phrase, so things that are only mentions of it, and variations on it, are not examples.'''
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Compare [[Martyrdom Culture]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* In ''Scion,'' when the Raven and Heron kingdoms invade the [[Slave Race|Lesser Races]]' Sanctuary island, Exeter makes it clear that he's willing to die defending it, which leads to his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]:
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* Shows up in ''[[The Cartoon History of the Universe]], Part III'', in the bit about the [
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'''Frightened-looking Arab soldier''': You lack sophistication, my dear fellow! Have you ever thought of the idea that no man is ever completely free?
'''Zanj soldier''': But completely dead, yes! }}
== Film - Animated ==
* Spoofed in ''[[
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"Are those the only choices?" }}
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== Music ==
* The song "A Tale They Won't Believe" (they get [[I'm a Humanitarian|death]]):
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None of us quite sure if we would see England again
And some fool muttered 'death or liberty' ..." }}
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* Trope name comes from Patrick Henry, a melodramatic patriot in [[The American Revolution]].
** An interesting subtrope: in that same Revolution, the British government promised freedom to any colonial slave who ran away and joined the loyalist army. Thousands did, evidently preferring the risk of death on the battlefield to the certainty of a life in chains if the colonists won independence.
** [[The American Civil War]] was an ironic twist on this for the South. They wanted freedom
** There were also a number of slave revolts, even though the slaves knew there was a high chance they'd be crushed by the militia and executed.
* Haiti might be the only country that started with a successful slave rebellion. Unfortunately, it lacked the leadership that could have made it a successful nation afterward.
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* "Live Free or Die" is the official motto of the state of New Hampshire.
* The Natchez nation went to war against French Louisiana in 1729 after being abominably treated in various ways and having their culture mucked up; the chief who touched things off is supposed to have said, "We walk like slaves, which we soon will be... Is not death preferable to slavery?"
** They were clever,
** The French then bribed the Choctaw into killing the Natchez for them. Freaking politics.
* Harriet Tubman, a "conductor" on the [
== Webcomics ==
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