Has America Lived Up to Its Founding Promise?
“Real patriotism to me is being committed to the truth even when it's uncomfortable,” says Reveal listener Tanisha Christie.Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Elizabeth Freeman was an enslaved person living in Massachusetts when the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago. “She is somebody who heard the words of the declaration, knew that they were real in her life, and argued for that to be true,” says Errin Haines, editor-at-large at The 19th.
- ▪“Real patriotism to me is being committed to the truth even when it's uncomfortable,” says Reveal listener Tanisha Christie.Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs.
- ▪Elizabeth Freeman was an enslaved person living in Massachusetts when the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago.
- ▪“She is somebody who heard the words of the declaration, knew that they were real in her life, and argued for that to be true,” says Errin Haines, editor-at-large at The 19th.
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| Original publisher | Mother Jones |
| Canonical URL | https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/america-250-anniversary-declaration-of-independence-all-men-are-created-equal-inequality/ |
| Publication time | Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:01:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-27T08:00:17.767Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-27T08:00:17.767Z |
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“Real patriotism to me is being committed to the truth even when it's uncomfortable,” says Reveal listener Tanisha Christie.Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Elizabeth Freeman was an enslaved person living in Massachusetts when the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago. The document’s famous words “all men are created equal” did not apply to her, but she thought they should.
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