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freedom: see liberty.

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Freedom

See also Deliverance.

Areopagitica

pamphlet supporting freedom of the press. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 46]

Berihah

1940s underground railroad for Jews out of East Europe. [Jew. Hist.: Wigoder, 80]

Bill of Rights

(1791) term popularly applied to first 10 Amendments of U.S. Constitution. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 78]

Declaration of Human Rights

(1948) declaration passed by the United Nations; the rights are the individual freedoms usually associated with Western democracy. [World Hist.: Payton, 186]

Declaration of Independence

(1776) document declaring the independence of the North American colonies. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 186]

Declaration of Indulgence

(1672) Charles II’s attempt to suspend discrimination against Nonconformists and Catholics. [Br. Hist.: Payton, 186]

Declaration of the Rights of Man

(1789) proclaimed legal equality of man. [Fr. Hist.: Payton, 186]

eagle

widely used as national symbol. [Animal Folklore: Jobes, 213]

Eleutherius

epithet of Zeus, meaning “god of freedom.” [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 292]

Fourth of July

American independence day. [Am. Culture: Misc.]

Great Emancipator, The

sobriquet of Abraham Lincoln. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 329]

Henry, Patrick

(1736–1799) famous American patriot known for his statement: “Give me liberty or give me death.” [Am. Hist.: Hart, 367]

Jubilee year

fiftieth year; liberty proclaimed for all inhabitants. [O.T.: Leviticus 25:8–13]

Magna Charta

symbol of British liberty. [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 49–52, 213]

Monroe Doctrine

consolidated South American independence; stonewalled European intervention. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 329–330]

Phrygian cap

presented to slaves upon manumission. [Rom. Hist.: Jobes, 287]

Rütli Oath

legendary pact establishing independence of Swiss cantons (1307). [Swiss Hist.: NCE, 2384]

Rienzi

liberator of Rome from warring Colonna and Orsini families. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Rienzi, Westerman, 203]

Runnymede

site of Magna Charta signing (1215). [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 49–52, 213]

Statue of Liberty

perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284]

Underground Railroad

effective means of escape for southern slaves. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 514]

water willow

indicates independence. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]