What was Lincoln referring to in the Gettysburg adress when he spoke of "...a new birth of freedom?" what do you think he was talking about???
2006-10-19 07:03:03 · 6 answers · asked by NYC_grl_2004 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
exact quote: "...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom..."
2006-10-19 07:04:16 · update #1
He uses the idea of birth as a literary device to contrast with the comments about all those who died at Gettysburg -- that they will not have died in vain if their sacrifice gives rebirth to a nation that will preserve the freedoms that they fought for.
That is -- our liberty is like the phoenix that rises from the ashes of those who died in the battle.
2006-10-19 07:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello. Abe was elected around the Civil War Era so he was speaking about slavery. A new birth of freedom refers to the freedom of all African Americans.
p.s.Ha ha ha.
2006-10-20 07:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom from slavery, freedom from the backward thinking, freedom from subjugation and freedom from unconscious hold back etc.
2006-10-22 18:58:21 · answer #3 · answered by Quizzing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was talking about freedom for *all* men (including slaves this time). When our country was "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," that equality didn't apply to slaves.
2006-10-19 07:52:29 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was talking about the end of slavery.
2006-10-19 08:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
slavery
2006-10-19 07:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by dogydoorman@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋