Rather. it was a strike for the rights of human dignity. It was a strike for recognition of human rights. In his wisdom Captain Smith recognized the fact that without the help of those Polish immigrants. the Jamestown Colony was doomed to failure. So he summoned a special session of the legislature that day. and in the record of the Virginia General Assembly. recorded on July 21. 1619. we read: Upon some dispute of the Polonians resident in Virginia. it was now agreed (notwithstanding any former order to the contrary) that they shall be enfranchised. and made as free as any inhabitant there whatsoever. And indeed I am proud that these Polish immigrants could have struck the first blow for civil rights in this country. I might point out also that I am proud to come from an ethnic group. one of whose sons. a great hero of the American Revolution. Gen.
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