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an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him

was the first known African-American poet and Abijah Prince

First Founding Father: Richard Henry Lee and the Call to Independence Clothing and Tom AndersonRichard Henry Lee was first to call for independence, first to call for union, and first to call for a bill of rights to protect Americans against government tyranny. A towering figure in America's Revolutionary War, Lee was as much the "father of our country" as George Washington, for it was Lee who secured the political and diplomatic victories that ensured Washington's military victories. Lee was critical in holding Congress together at a time when