The first piece, which shows the quest for freedom, was The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Ben Franklin lived what many people today call the “American Dream” He began his life living in poverty and obscurity and worked his whole life to achieve, “a State of Affluence & some degree of Reputation in the world.” (p. 3) We are also able to see in the autobiography that Benjamin Franklin was a very avid reader. Through his love for reading he not only became a much more educated man, he also he

I feel that one of the most powerful pieces of literature ever written was the Declaration of Independence. This is true because this piece helped Americans and all of mankind take a huge leap forward in the quest for freedom. The 13 colonies put their foot down against England from the very first line which states, “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.” This historic document was written on July 4, 1776 and was written to show a new theory of government, reasons why the 13 colonies were separating from England, and as a formal declaration of war. It gave the 13 colonies freedom from all of England's laws. The reason people wanted the Declaration was because the people thought that they had the right to be free from England and to be their own individual colonies with their own laws.

There are many conclusions that can be drawn from not only the readings mentioned in this paper, but from all of the readings we have perused so far this semester. One of the things that stand out most is that all of these historical figures were searching for freedom. Benjamin Franklin was searching for freedom from his apprenticeship. The 13 colonies were searching for freedom from the oppression of England. Frederick Douglass was searching for freedom from slavery. Finally, Sojourner Truth was searching for freedom from the ideas that men are better than women and that white women should be treated better than African-American women. Although these historical figures share the same dream of freedom, the things that oppressed them were different. The thing that they had in common though, was the fact that education was the key to them progressing in their quest for freedom.

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