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Five decades of country-by-country analysis in Freedom in the World has confirmed a remarkable fact: once countries earn the designation of Free, they tend to keep it. Explore the fifty year Freedom in the World timeline that highlights some of the milestones in the fight for freedom over the past 50 years.
May 31, 2022 · “Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.” ― Bob Marley. “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —...
Dec 9, 2013 · Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013) was a freedom fighter, loved and respected around the world. In his struggle against apartheid, Mandela felt violence was justified. He was considered by ...more ...
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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) President of US during the American civil war. Lincoln made the famous Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” This proclamation was followed by the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution (1865) outlawing slavery. Harr...
Mary Wollstonecraft(1759–1797) Early feminist author who helped to propagate belief in equal rights for women. Emily Pankhurst(1858–1928) Suffragette who led campaigns of civil disobedience against the male-dominated political system, which denied women the vote. Pankhurst was sent to jail on several occasions for her activities. Susan B. AnthonyAm...
Mahatma Gandhi(1869–1948) Indian nationalist and politician, who struggled for Indian self-determination and independence. Gandhi inspired millions through his non-violent protests. Gandhi also sought to improve rights of women and outcasts in Indian society. Lech Walesa – Leader of Polish Solidarity Movement. Wales became first non-Communist Presi...
Thomas Jefferson(1743–1826) 3rd President of USA. The author of the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”– Declaration of Independence. George Orwe...
Abbe Pierre(1912–2007) French humanitarian. A Catholic priest who founded the Emmaüs movement, which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees. Helen Keller (1880–1968) Deaf-blind from early childhood, Keller overcame her disability to campaign tirelessly on behalf of deaf and blind people. Elizabeth Fry(1780–1845) Prison reform...
Civil Rightsat Amazon Related pages Women who fought for the vote– Suffragists who played a role in the fight for gaining women the right to vote around the world. Includes Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Emily Pankhurst and Susan B. Anthony and Milicent Fawcett. People in the anti-slavery movement– Men and women who campaigned for the end of...
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- The Declaration of Independence. Writing of Declaration of Independence. More than a year after fighting broke out between colonial militia and British forces in April 1775, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia finally decided to declare the independence of the North American colonies.
- The Bill of Rights. After several failed attempts at creating a government, a 1787 convention is called to draft a new legal system for the United States.
- The Abolition of Slavery. An illustration depicting varying depictions of African American life before and after the Emancipation Proclamation. By 1862, President Abraham Lincoln had become convinced that freeing the South’s slaves was critical to the Union effort to win the Civil War.
- Yearning to Breathe Free’— The Era of Immigration. “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” the poet Emma Lazarus imagined the Statue of Liberty saying to the world in her famous sonnet “The New Colossus.”
Freedom and liberty have proved to be popular topics for poets down the ages, whether it’s Romantic poets espousing the values of liberty in the wake of the French Revolution or more recent poets musing upon the various meanings of freedom in the world. Here are ten of our favourite poems to touch upon freedom and what it means to be ‘free ...
Aug 25, 2020 · By Annelien de Dijn. August 25, 2020 1:00 PM EDT. W e tend to think of freedom as an emancipatory ideal—and with good reason. Throughout history, the desire to be free inspired countless...
