"I told him I was. He asked, "Are ye a slave for life?" I told him that I was. The good Irishman seemed to be deeply affected by the statement. He said to the other that it was a pity so fine a little fellow as myself should be a slave for life." what does this piece of evidence mean?

The enlightenment ideas influence the United states' Government to developed several characteristic that are important for the Democracy that we see today. For example, enlightenment ideas made the Government to impose , equality, religious tolerance, freedom of speech, and protection of human rights

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