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Running Head : Liberty in the history of America University Name Course Tutor :Liberty in the history of America

Liberty is defined as the manner in which one or groups of people or organism are let free from oppression , starvation , slavery or disturbance of what ever kind . However , there are different definitions and perspectives of the term as used by different personalities communities , and groups of people . In the history of America , liberty has been used differently to express different ideas

. If you tethered a cow on a green pastureland to feed you would be surprised at it when it feeds a little then starts to stretch away from the green pasture . If it is untied , it begins to feed just around the same spot . It wants to be free . There is good pasture . Why is it that the cow can not just feed and wait to be driven home in the evening ? If a toddler was given an interesting play toy and left in a locked room with plenty of light , it would stop playing and start to fight its way out of the locked room Why would it begin to cry and stop playing yet it is not tethered , it is not sick or uncomfortable ? We must look for freedom even when we are not pressed down so hard

In fact , liberty according to Lincoln 's observation in 1864 is a term that is used to refer to different things or terms...

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