To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters.

(The Piedmontese themselves had conquered most of the Pope's territories in their march south to meet Garibaldi but they had deliberately avoided Rome his capital. There he stayed with various Italian friends including some exiled revolutionaries. The ship was to be purchased in the United States so Garibaldi went to New York arriving on 30 July 1850.

Giuseppe Garibaldi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ɡariˈbaldi]) (July 4 1807 – June 2 1882) was an Italian general and politician. He is considered with Camillo Cavour Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". The United Kingdom and the United States helped him a great deal offering him financial and military support in difficult circumstances.