Created Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence

Name: Created Equal: The Premises and Promises of the Declaration of Independence
Start: 2026-10-16T14:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-18T21:45:00.000Z
Location: Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Gallery

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The Declaration of Independence grounded the revolutionary right of a people to overthrow a government in the philosophical premise that “all men are created equal.” Some immediately recognized a political promise, transforming a manifesto of secession from Britain into an American charter of liberty, equality, and rights. But the Declaration’s meaning has never been solitary or uncontested. Indiv