1853 WILLIAM H. SEWARD. True Basis of American Independence. Signed - Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State Great Awakening Ice Skating at the Wayne

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1853 WILLIAM H. SEWARD. True Basis of American Independence. Signed - Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State Great Awakening Ice Skating at the WayneThis seminal 1853 address, delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle, is a fascinating attempt by William H. Seward to redefine American independence not merely as a political status, but as a condition secured through a uniquely American commitment to agriculture, manufacturing, and technological innovation. Rejecting isolationism, Seward argues that true national sovereignty allows the United States to engage globally from a posture of economic stability