Taxation No Tyranny
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Taxation No Tyranny by Samuel Johnson comes up on The Rest Is History, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
Taxation No Tyranny by Samuel Johnson appears 1 time across 1 podcast episode on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?”
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The host discusses the paradox of American revolutionary leaders advocating for liberty while being slave owners. Samuel Johnson's pamphlet 'Taxation No Tyranny' is highlighted as a critical commentary on this hypocrisy during the revolutionary period.
Taxation No Tyranny by Samuel Johnson most often appears in conversations about hypocrisy of liberty.
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The host discusses the paradox of American revolutionary leaders advocating for liberty while being slave owners. Samuel Johnson's pamphlet 'Taxation No Tyranny' is highlighted as a critical commentary on this hypocrisy during the revolutionary period.
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Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 54:26 in the episode where we captured it.
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Which episode mentioned Taxation No Tyranny?
348: The Boston Tea Party (Part 2) on The Rest Is History is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned Taxation No Tyranny by Samuel Johnson. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 54:26.
Which podcast mentioned Taxation No Tyranny?
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The host discusses the paradox of American revolutionary leaders advocating for liberty while being slave owners. Samuel Johnson's pamphlet 'Taxation No Tyranny' is highlighted as a critical commentary on this hypocrisy during the revolutionary period. It most often appears in conversations about hypocrisy of liberty.
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“Samuel Johnson, in a pamphlet, Taxation No Tyranny, published in 1775, famously questions the hypocrisy of those calling for liberty while being slave owners.”