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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 from the federal government ... and lost, [[Written by the
** 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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** The French then bribed the Choctaw into killing the Natchez for them. Freaking politics.
* Harriet Tubman, a "conductor" on the [[wikipedia:Underground Railroad|Underground Railroad]] (that smuggled slaves from the American south to freedom in Canada), carried a handgun with her for protection. She once said that when a runaway slave lost heart and wanted to give up and return to the plantation, she pointed the gun at him and said, "You go free or die."
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