Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. -abraham lincoln, gettysburg address, 1863 in the gettysburg address, what does lincoln accomplish by referring to the declaration of independence? a. he sets free all of the people living in slavery in the south. b. he shows his outrage that the southern states have not already ended slavery. c. he reminds people that the united states was founded on the principle of freedom for all people. d. he questions whether the founding fathers were correct to give rights to all people.