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The Meaning of Freedom.
Title: The Meaning of Freedom.
Category: Society & Culture
Details: Words: 1010 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Meaning of Freedom.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He wrote it so that all the people can realize their rights. The Declaration of independence was written to strongly emphasize the three rights that all men have. They are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It states that all men are created equal. But in 1776, that wasn't the case. Were these truly freedoms? Did the Declaration only speak to white men? Was there a reason …showed first 75 words of 1010 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1010 total…have a say with where they would remain? "They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, In Peace Friends."(Declaration of Independence, 13 colonies 1776) The importance of freedom was the underlying issue of, how someone could deprive freedom to others when they themselves were deprived of it?
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