Nancy Hart

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Nancy Hart holding British soldiers at gunpoint during the American Revolutionary War, 1778.

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Nancy Hart holding British soldiers at gunpoint during the American Revolutionary War, 1778.

Nancy Hart holding British soldiers at gunpoint during the American Revolutionary...

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