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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2021 · 7 MIN

To See the Right

from The American Story

By July 1776, American revolutionary John Dickinson maintained that he did not entertain any doubt whether America should declare independence, only when. He opposed, in his words, "only the time of the declaration, and not independence itself." His reasons for this opposition were weighty, well-considered, and shared by many. For one last time, he presented those reasons to his fellow delegates in the Continental Congress.

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By July 1776, American revolutionary John Dickinson maintained that he did not entertain any doubt whether America should declare independence, only when. He opposed, in his words, "only the time of the declaration, and not independence itself." His...

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