The Gettysburg Address
In Our Time: History
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Lincoln was asked simply to make some dedicatory remarks, and i think he saw this as an opportunity. The declaration of independence can widely be interpreted and seen as a much more radical document than the constitution. It allows the states to reopen the transatlantic slave trade until 18 o eight. And lincoln is harking back to that original document, saying, our founding fathers pisale,. written by thomas jefferson, who, of course, was a slave owner er. This is the sort of ideal we should be thinking back and this is a continuity of what we're doing.
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