On this episode of Our American Stories from the American Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement the biblical prophet Daniel has served as an enduring American symbol of courage in the face of unjust authority His refusal to abandon his faith even when threatened with the lions' den offered Americans a powerful example of standing firm when human laws conflicted with a higher moral law Rabbi Dr Stuart Halpern co-author of The Jewish Roots of American Liberty shares how Daniel's story inspired a Revolutionary-era preacher challenging British rule enslaved Americans longing for freedom and the abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Sojourner
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