Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence comes a gripping chronicle of America’s fiercest ideological struggle-over the document’s true meaning-fought by the Founders, enslaved people, suffragists, civil-rights leaders, and more.This enduring battle has both tested and reaffirmed the unifying principles that continue to shape-and define-our democracy. As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the nation remains divided over the true meaning of its most resonant words-equality, liberty, and unalienable rights.In Divided Over the Declaration, acclaimed historians of American democracy David J.Bobb and Tony Williams trace the centuries-long argument over the Declaration’s promises, an argument that has shaped every major struggle in our history. Alongside the historical figures who forged the most powerful interpretations of the Declaration’s ideals, readers enter the rooms, streets, battlefields, churches, and courtrooms where the