Definition Of Freedom: Article Analysis

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What does freedom mean to a person? Eric Fonner’s article Freedom: America’s Evolving and Enduring Idea contains a number of different definitions for what freedom means and how it has changed and evolved throughout history. The idea of freedom is fluid throughout the whole article, the author uses five documents to prove his point. Common Sense by Thomas Paine, “Colloquy with Colored Ministers” by Garrison Frazier, “Trans-national America” by Randolph S Bourne, Korematsu vs. United States, and the Port Huron Statement of 1692 these documents illustrate how the meaning of freedom has changed from 1776 to 1962.
In 1776, Thomas Paine a colonial colonist thought that the new nation would be a safe haven for people, and an example of a culture