The Heritage Foundation

The Declaration of Independence and Slavery

The Declaration of Independence, along with the preamble of the Constitution and speeches and writings of our statesmen, help define the foundational character and values of America. The Declaration’s ...
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Print, Declaration of Independence, 1823

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Congressmen voted for independence on ...
The Heritage Foundation

The Document That Inspired the Declaration of Independence

It’s common for Americans on July 4 th to read and discuss the Declaration of Independence, and to reflect on its principles and ideas. Those principles and ideas are often attributed solely—though ...
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Receipt for a subscription for a print of the Declaration of Independence

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A receipt signed by John Trumbull, ...
The Boston Globe

The Declaration of Independence

Today we print the Declaration of Independence so that its text and ideas can be interrogated by a new generation. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...