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Throughout the course of history, America has witnessed several reoccurring

themes that are based on departure; abandoning what is familiar for the promise of the

unknown. Looking at the evolution of freedom using the thematic approach of race,

gender and class, one might go beyond the realm of reality and visualize or imagine that

freedom is a state whereby one is free from the control of fate or of necessity. Freedom

might be conceived as an exemption or release from slavery or imprisonment. However

during the period of 1783-89 freedom was a privilege that many Americans did not

possess. The concept of freedom in America has been challenged by several groups such

as settlers in Ohio, anti federalists, as well as a speaker from the July fourth oration

(1800). In order for all Americans to have freedom it was necessary that the Constitution

protect the rights of all its citizens regardless of gender, race, or class.

In the beginning of......

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