Historical Freedom Documents
Files in this Archive
- README
- This directory contains the "Freedom Shrine" a collection of
freedom-related documents common to many internet sites, especially
free-nets. This README file has more info on the idea.
- art_11_declaration_excerpt_english.fr
- Excerpt from Article 11 of the
French Constitution's Declaration of the Rights of the Man & Citizen,
specifying the nature and limitations of intellectual freedom.
(somewhat similar to he US First Amendment or the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms section on free speech.) In English.
- art_21_constitution_english.jp
- Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan;
guarantees free speech and other rights. In English.
- articles_of.confederation
- The US Articles of Confederation of 1777;
preceded the US Constitution.
- bill_of_rights.us
- The Bill of Rights (First ten amendments to the US
Constitution)
- bill_of_rights_status.report
- Eric Postpischil's September 1990 Bill of
Rights Status Report
- bill_rights_aclu.history
- The ACLU's history of the Bill of Rights
- call_to_arms_1775.doc
- DECLARATION OF THE CAUSES AND NECESSITY OF TAKING
UP ARMS, July 6, 1775 (US).
- charter_rights_freedoms.ca
- CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
from 1982
- consitution.csa
- Constitution of the (now former) Confederate States of
America
- constitution.macedonia
- Constitution of Macedonia.
- constitution.us
- United States Constitution (and Amendments) - text
version
- constitution_us.html
- United States Constitution (and Amendments) - HTML
version
- constitution.za
- Constitution of South Africa (Zud Afrika)
- constitution_1857_espanol.mx.gz
- 1857 Constitution of Mexico (en Español)
- constitution_amendments_espanol.mx.gz
- amendments to the Constitution of
Mexico (en Español).
- constitution_english.jp
- Japanese constition, in English
- constitution_espanol.pe.gz
- Constition of Peru, en Español
- constitution_euc.jp.gz
- Constitution of Japan (EUC format, Japanese)
- constitution_iso-2022-jp.jp.gz
- Constitution of Japan (ISO-2022 format,
Japanese)
- constitution_sjis.jp.gz
- Constitution of Japan (SJIS format, Japanese)
- emancipation.proclamation
- the Emancipation Proclamation (US; freed slaves,
nominally, anyway.)
- federalist.papers
- the Federalist Papers (US; pre-constitution writings
of the "Founding Fathers".)
- gettysburg.address
- US President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
- jefferson_1st_inaugural.address
- US President Jefferson's first inagural
address
- kennedy_inaugural.address
- US President Kennedy's inagural address
- league_of_nations.charter
- the charter of the League of Nations
- lincoln_2nd_inaugural.address
- Lincoln's second inagural address
- magna.carta
- the Magna Carta (European)
- mlking_i_have_dream.speech
- Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
- un_civil_political_rights.covenant
- United Nations International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
- un_human_rights.declaration
- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, 1948
- us_independence.declaration
- Declaration of Independence (US, 1776).
- va_declaration_of.rights
- The Virginia (US) Declaration of Rights
Links to Related Off-Site Resources
- The Core
- Complete full text of the Columbia U. Core Curriculum Readings on the
American Revolution, Democracy, and Individual Rights