Why Franklin, Washington and Lincoln considered American democracy an ‘experiment’ – and were unsure if it would survive
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Voters in a county election, 1854. Etching by John Sartain after painting by George Caleb Bingham; National Gallery of Art – By Thomas Coens, Research Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee Published: 2023 Dec 05 – From the time of the founding …