The ideas of Enlightenment were a big deal.
It was the "Alien and Sedition Acts" that prompted the passage of the Virginia and Kentucky resolution, since the Federalists were in control of Congress this was the only way the Anti-Federalists could exercise any power.
Read "Sonnet: To Liberty." by Mary Darby Robinson
Why did Garrison refer to Liberty as a person? Give one example of another poem using this technique?
Answer:
This sonnet seems to have used the literary device called personification. Liberty is described with human features: it was born and nurtured. Furthermore, Liberty seems to be personified as a woman who holds truth as a valuable principle, as “the pure inmate of thy glowing breast."
Explanation:
William Blake uses the same literary device in his poem The Sick Rose. There he talks directly to a rose, granting it the human capacity of becoming sick: "O Rose, thou art sick!"
Correct answer:
He commended slavery and affirm the idea of African-Americans natural rights
Lincoln's approach to slavery was fundamentally conservative, which meant he did not want to end the slavery where he existed but only wanted to prevent it from spreading.