Western Civilization II / Unit 11 WC2 1006 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Garibaldi and the Thousand, 1860
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The idea
Garibaldi, a romantic nationalist and former mercenary in South America, sailed in May eighteen sixty with a thousand red-shirted volunteers on two leaky steamers to Sicily. He took Palermo, won peasants by suspending taxes and promising land, and crossed to the mainland in August.
In practice
Northern townsmen, professionals and students dodging exams, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Naples fell without the Piedmontese army.
Your place on the trail
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