THE CIVIL WAR WOULD PROVIDE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM

The Civil War Would Provide a New Birth of Freedom

The Civil War Would Provide a New Birth of Freedom

Introduction

Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted address, secondary to other productions, came to be considered as one of the utmost talks in American history. In just over two minutes, Lincoln invoked the values of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a labor not only for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would convey factual equality to all of its people, and that would ...