{"product_id":"tea-destroyed-by-indians-from-the-printing-office-of-edes-gill-in-boston","title":"\"Tea, Destroyed by Indians\" Boston Tea Party Commemorative Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso available in an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/framed-tea-destroyed\" title='Framed \"Tea Destroyed by Indians\" reproduction print in an antique frame'\u003eantique solid wood frame under museum-grade non-glare acrylic that protects from UV rays.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand printed in the Printing Office of Edes \u0026amp; Gill in Boston\u003cspan\u003e in the Clough House (c 1715) on the grounds of the Old North Church Historic Site in Boston.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 1773 broadside contains a poem praising the patriots who stormed the British tea ships during the Boston Tea Party.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEager to capitalize on the Boston Tea Party of 16 December 1773, patriot agitators distributed this broadside urging citizens to firmly and courageously defend their rights. In terms reminiscent of Boston Massacre verse, the unidentified author raises the specter of martyrs, graves, and blood-bought liberties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint size: \u003c\/strong\u003e12.5\" x 8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull text of the print\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTea, Destroyed by Indians\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italics\"\u003eYE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e GLORIOUS SONS OF FREEDOM, brave and bold,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e That has flood forth—fair LIBERTY to hold;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Though you were INDIANS, come from distant shores,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Like MEN you acted—not like savage Moors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italics\"\u003eCHORUS.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italics\"\u003eBostonian's SONS keep up your Courage good,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOr Dye, like Martyrs, in fair Free-born Blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur LIBERTY, and LIFE is now invaded,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd FREEDOM's brightest Charms are darkly shaded;\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBut, we will STAND—and think it noble mirth,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTo DART the man that dare oppress the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italics\"\u003eBostonian's SONS keep up your Courage good,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOr Dye, like Martyrs, in fair Free-born Blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow grand the Scene!—(No Tyrant shall oppose)\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe TEA is sunk in spite of all our foes.\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA NOBLE SIGHT—to see th' accursed TEA\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMingled with MUD—and ever for to be;\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFor KING and PRINCE shall know that we are FREE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italics\"\u003eBostonian's SONS keep up your Courage good,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOr Dye, like Martyrs, in fair Free-born Blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMust we be still— and live on Blood-bought Ground,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd not oppose the Tyrants cursed found?\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWe Scorn the thought—our views are well refin'd\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWe scorn those slavish shackles of the Mind,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“We've Souls that were not made to be confin'd.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"italics\"\u003eBostonian's SONS keep up your Courage good,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOr Dye, like Martyr's, in fair Free-born Blood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCould our Fore-fathers rise from their cold Graves,\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd view their Land, with all their Children SLAVES;\u003clb\u003e\u003c\/lb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhat would they say! 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