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A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

The Anti-Federalist Papers

1787-1788

Like the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist papers were a
series of published essays written by anonymous authors, and are

also quite extensive, at approximately eighty-five papers. Unlike the
Federalist Papers, the movement was not organized and did not

capture the wide audience of the Federalist Papers. Several key

figures of the revolution, particularly leading up to it, came forward
in opposition to the Constitution and central government it
proposed. Patrick Henry, the Virginian who first orated in favor of

independence, famous for “…give me liberty or give me death!”,

came out against the new proposed government and Constitution.
Several key figures of the revolution, particularly leading up to it,

came forward in opposition to the Constitution and central
government it proposed. Included, and believed to be authors,

were George Clinton, Robert Yates, Samuel Bryan, Melancton Smith,
Mercy Otis Warren and Richard Henry Lee. Like Henry, Lee was also

from Virginia and as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress,
offered the first resolution calling for independence, stating the

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