The Declaration of Independence acknowledges a most volatile right: the people's right to rebel. If the people are not happy with their government, then it is within their unalienable rights to "alter and abolish it."

In 1776, that right was exercised through armed rebellion. But is that the only way to exercise that right?

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This talk by historian Meg Mott will consider how the language of the Declaration guides social movements, across the political spectrum, to institute a government that seems most likely to protect each other's unalienable rights.

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Supported in part by NH Humanities.