How London Censors Altered the Text

For Americans today, it's a treasure. Scripture. The thing that made us. It wasn't always that way, though. This is the story of the Declaration of Independence before it was enshrined in our collective national consciousness. Back when it was a news headline and we had no control what others thought of it.

Our guest is Emily Sneff, author of When the Declaration of Independence was News.

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