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018 Danielle Allen, Our Declaration

Published: Feb. 24, 2015, 6 a.m.

Do you know who authored the Declaration of Independence?

If you answered “Thomas Jefferson,” you would be wrong. Jefferson merely wrote the first draft of a document others created.

In this episode, Danielle Allen, a Professor at Harvard University and author of Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality, leads us on an exploration of the Declaration of Independence. 

Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/018

 

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