The Declaration of Independence | American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Duration: 5'57''

Synopsis

Lucy introduces the Declaration, its compromises and the different drafts it went through, noting particularly how anti-slavery statues were removed then reapplied.

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