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Slavery and Diversity: The Contested Beginning of Liberty in the US

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THE CONTESTED BEGINNING OF LIBERTY IN THE US 2

The US has a standing as a symbol of diversity and freedom from the colonial era of

its history. No initiative is more deep-seated to Americans' understanding of themselves as a

nation and as individuals than liberty. This is profoundly entrenched in the record of the

nation’s language and history. In the early American history, however, the freedom was tied

to a jumble of ethnic and religious links that favored some especially those living in the north

over others. Even though European ideals of freedom laid down the path for possibilities to

come, those freedoms looked rather different in colonial US, where African and indigenous

communities and cultures too had some influence (Boyer et al, 2009). The consequence was

greater liberty for some and unparalleled dispossession and slavery the other communities,

making colonial US a social order of superior multiplicity than Europe.

The US's native customs of freedom and immigration provided a clear context

facilitated the development of European colonization. The original population of the

Americas was habituated to dealing with new arrivals. They exchanged and forged alliances,

and allowed people into their lands for protection and settled them in territories they

controlled yet were willing to share. Consequently, there was no dispute about establishing

ties with the foreigners arriving from Europe.

The Declaration of Independence records freedom among man's absolute rights;

whereas the Constitution portrays securing freedom's blessing as its function. Liberty has

often been called upon to rally support for war: the US fought the Civil War to realise "a new

birth of liberty," the Second World War for the "Four Freedoms," the Cold War to secure the

"Free World." Obviously, other communities all over the world also value liberty, however,

the inspiration seems to inhabit a more outstanding place in both the private and public

setting in the US than in all of these other nations (Langley et al, 1991). "Every man in the

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Running Head: THE CONTESTED BEGINNING OF LIBERTY IN THE US Slavery and Diversity: The Contested Beginning of Liberty in the US Student Name: Instructor: Institutional affiliation: Date: 1 THE CONTESTED BEGINNING OF LIBERTY IN THE US 2 The US has a standing as a symbol of diversity and freedom from the colonial era of its history. No initiative is more deep-seated to Americans' understanding of themselves as a nation and as individuals than liberty. This is profoundly entrenched in the record of the nation’s language and history. In the early American history, however, the freedom was tied to a jumble of ethnic and religious links that favored some especially those living in the north over others. Even though European ideals of freedom laid down the path for possibilities to come, those freedoms looked rather different in colonial US, where African and indigenous communities and cultures too had some influence (Boyer et al, 2009). The consequence was greater liberty for some and unparalleled dispossession and slavery the other communities, making colonial US a social order of superior multiplicity than Europe. The US's native customs of freedom and immigration provided a clear context facilitated the development of European colonization. The original population of the Americas was habituated to dealing with new arrivals. They exchanged and forged alliances, and allowed people into their lands for protection and settled them in territories they controlled yet were willi ...
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