To What Extent Did Revolutionary-Era Americans Agree with Noah Webster's

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Essay

To what extent did Revolutionary-era Americans agree with Noah Webster's statement that equality was the very soul of a republic? Your response should define what Americans meant by equality and should consider groups that seemed to enjoy equality as well as those groups that did not.

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