republican
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For example, the Colored People’s Convention that met in 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina, argued that equal voting rights were “inherent and essential to every republican form of government.”
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Black Americans who fought to make the United States into a multiracial democracy insisted that states that denied Black Americans full voting rights were not republican governments.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe offered "republican congratulations" to finance minister Wadagni, 49, who had been widely tipped to win after being endorsed by outgoing leader Patrice Talon.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The Provisional IRA - the main armed republican paramilitary group for most of the Troubles - declared a ceasefire in the run up to the agreement and officially ended its violent campaign in 2005.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
By resigning voluntarily, he was declaring that his deepest allegiances, like those of his critics, were thoroughly republican.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing republican
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Vocabulary from the speech
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Chapter 3, Sections 1–2
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