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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Follow the noble example of our royal kinswoman of Parma, who, on the breaking out of civil war, released her subjects…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
Follow the noble example of our royal kinswoman of Parma, who, on the breaking out of civil war, released her subjects from their allegiance, and left them to be arbiters of their own destinies.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

From a letter to King Francis II of Naples, Garibaldi advises the king to follow a precedent of granting subjects self-determination.

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