Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!: Questions

How does the fact that this speech was compiled from memories of listeners over thirty years after the fact affect how we read it? Does it matter that it's not the exact speech Patrick Henry gave?
What's up with Patrick Henry's references to slavery? How might his original listeners have responded differently to the use of that term than we do today?
If this were a political speech given today, where would the "clap breaks" be—you know, the spots where the speaker has to stop so everyone can clap?
How does Henry pile on the evidence for the threat from Great Britain? What are his main arguments for war?
Given the realities of the time, was it a good idea for Henry to encourage Virginians to create militias to pick a fight with Great Britain?
How do you think the average Virginian would have reacted to Henry's ideas about forming militias to fight British regular soldiers?
This is a classically structured speech by a classically educated orator, and yet it somehow gained Henry a reputation for representing the concerns of the common man. How do you think that happened?
How does this speech fit in with the other events of 1775, including the Battles of Lexington and Concord? Is it significant that the first shots of the war were fired only a month after Henry's speech? Are the two events related at all?