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EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES Customer Inserts His/Her Name Customer Inserts Grade Course Customer Inserts May 25, 2011 EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF FREEDOM IN THE UNITE STATES eric foner, a renowned historian and Pulitzer winning author of “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery,” promulgates the idea that freedom is the most fundamental idea to American sense of themselves both as individuals and as a nation.... EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF FREEDOM IN THE UNITED S Inserts His/Her Inserts Grade Inserts May25, 2011 EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF FREEDOM IN THE UNITE STATES eric foner, a renowned historian and Pulitzer winning author of “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery,” promulgates the idea that freedom is the most fundamental idea to American sense of themselves both as individuals and as a nation....
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The story of freedom's expansion during this period was messy and conflict-ridden.... They wanted to experience religious freedom and the variety of political freedoms that were necessary in order to achieve their dream of living in community with each other without worry of persecution (foner 47-50).... This guiding principle, however, had inner conflicts such as the need to suppress certain kinds of dissent within their own communities, a system of life that was paternalistic in its treatment of women and even more importantly a need to survive the harsh life in the new environments they found themselves in (foner 51-56)....
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foner even states: “eventually, they would be accorded the right to self-government, although no one could be sure how long this would take.... Had slavery not been a part of the history of the American people, the principle of equality and freedom would not be what it is nowadays.... Even if the concept of slavery and freedom are in conflict with each other....
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The terminating act of abolitionism was John Brown's attack on the Harpers Ferry.... The paper gives detailed information about slavery and how it had influenced people's lives.... The Abolitionists, within U.... .... history, particularly from the year 1830 to the year 1860, believers of the required liberation of the African-American slaves....
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By 1860, the tensions between the North and the South threatened to dissolve the Union and forever change the shape of the future of the country.... While there were many reasons behind the… ng gap in the ideals and goals of the North and the South, slavery came to the forefront as the emotionally charged issue that could mobilize public opinion....
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Moreover, these events History and Political Science eric foner “A Short History of Reconstruction” Reconstruction is one of the darkest pages or, as Fonercalls it, “the dramatic, controversial era” in the history of America.... It was Lincoln who signed Emancipation… According to this decree, slaves of America “are and henceforth shall be free” (foner 1).... According to this decree, slaves of America “are and henceforth shall be free” (foner 1)....
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Give Me Liberty: An American history by eric foner Give Me Liberty by eric foner is a foremost text in as far as understanding the concept of freedom is concerned.... Freedom being its theme, it covers different periods in American history and shows how the meaning and constitution of freedom has changed.... The author is extremely… As a result, these groups tailor the concept of freedom to those desires and aspirations....
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This essay talks about the book titled “voices of freedom” which is a collection of different readings by various authors.... Document 109 in the voices of “voices of freedom” presents Ida Wells' crusade for justice.... In his view, it was ironical that America represented particular ideals of freedom, yet they denied the Philippines their right to independence....
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