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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

A pamphlet containing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights created in 1949.

A pamphlet containing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights created in 1949.

Citation Information: United Nations General Assembly, “Universal declaration of human rights,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/d563232b96eed67f899c974a8f06a840.

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Courtesy of University of Minnesota via HathiTrust.

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