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Biography of Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian patriot and partisan, was born on July 4, 1807, into a family of a sailor and fisherman.

In his early life, Garibaldi also went to sea and was considered a skilled sailor by his contemporaries. By 1832, he became the captain of a merchant ship. In 1833, while serving as a captain in the navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Garibaldi met Giuseppe Mazzini, an Italian patriot and legendary revolutionary.

Influenced by Mazzini, Garibaldi became passionate about the ideas of national liberation and read books by the socialist utopianist Saint-Simon.

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In 1834, Garibaldi participated in a revolt in Piedmont, which was supposed to escalate into a revolution. However, the plot of the rebels failed, and Garibaldi managed to escape to France, even though he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Genoa court.

From 1836 to 1848, Garibaldi live