Great Figures for Equality in America.

Abstract: Few features of the Constitution interest us today as much as equality. Although it is often the case that the questions the present poses to the past are largely an expression of contemporary concern, the issue of equality is an exception. In this essay, I discuss equality especially the great figures in equality as well as their works . Key words: founding fathers, equality. When we hear the word equality, we think of race, religion, …

…without equality. And the great figures who laid a foundation for equality played an even more important role in American history. References: Abbot et al., ed. The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 6, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1996 Charles Francis Adams ed. The Works of John Adams 10 vols. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1850 Documentary History of the Constitution of the United Stat of America,1786--1870. 5 vols. Washington, D.C.: Department of State, 1901--5.