Here's why the Declaration of Independence is still 'radical'

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'Deleted clauses' of the Declaration of Independence remain critical

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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was breaking news

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.