#paperback VOICES OF FREEDOM A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY SECOND EDITION VOLUME 1 Edited by Eric Foner A RICH COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY VOICES ADDRESSING A CENTRAL THEME IN AMERICAN HISTORY- FREEDOM. The documents show that although in some ways universal, the idea of freedom has never been a fixed, timeless concept with a single, unchanging definition. In fact, the history of the United States is in part a story of debates and struggles over freedom. Crises like the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the Cold War have permanently transformed the meaning of freedom. So too have de- mands by various groups of Americans for greater freedom. The primary-source selections include presidential proclamations and letters by runaway slaves, famous court cases and obscure manifestos, prevailing ideas and dissenting ones. The voices range from Las Casas and Pontiac through Jefferson, Thoreau, Douglass, and Lincoln to Stanton, Sanger, Du Bois, Luce, Friedan, Byrd, and the authors of the National Security Strategy. The Second Edition in- cludes more documents and is a comprehensive collection that offers a diverse gathering of authors and a wide breadth of opinion. Each document is introduced with a contextual headnote and is followed by critical questions for students. The book is organized as a companion to the textbook Give Me Liberty! An American History, Second Edition by Eric Foner, and it can also be used with other texts in the American history survey and other courses. ERIC FONER is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and the author of many acclaimed books on American history.