Sons of Liberty
Americannoun
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any of several patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.
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(during the Civil War) a secret society of Copperheads.
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In 1765, Revere had joined an organization that would become the Sons of Liberty, a radical group calling for protest against taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Samson’s self-sacrifice in defeating his Philistine enemies was used by Samuel Adams and others to illustrate the “zeal” of the Sons of Liberty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
It was a punishment imported from Europe and popularized by the Sons of Liberty in the late 1760s, Colonial activists who resisted British rule.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025
The Sons of Liberty dispatched to a meeting room.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024
He called the colonists Sons of Liberty, a name Patriots adopted for an underground anti-England society.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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