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   Did the declaration of Independence enslave people?

   • Though the Declaration of Independence states all men are created equal, one-fifth of the population were enslaved people, and one-third of the Declaration’s signers were personally enslavers. The final document does not mention slavery and, through its silence, condones enslavement, but the first draft includes a condemnation of slavery.

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   Did Thomas Jefferson condemn slavery in the declaration of Independence?

   • What isn’t widely known, however, is that Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in an early version of the Declaration, drafted a 168-word passage that condemned slavery as one of the many evils foisted upon the colonies by the British crown. The passage was cut from the final wording.

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   What did Jefferson say about slavery?

   • That meant, as Jefferson had written in Notes on Virginia, perpetuating slavery until a better, more enlightened day dawned and masters agreed freely (as republican principles required) to emancipate the captive nation and "declare them a free and independant people" in a country of their own (Query XIV, Notes on Virginia, in Peterson, 1984, 264).

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   What did the declaration of Independence say about African Americans?

   • His words in the Declaration of Independence expressed the aspirations of the new nation. But the Declaration did not extend “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” to African Americans, indentured servants, or women. Twelve of the first eighteen American presidents owned slaves.

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2. www.history.com › news › declaration-of-independenceWhy Thomas Jefferson's Anti-Slavery Passage Was ... - HISTORY

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   Jun 29, 2020 · This passage refers to a 1775 proclamation by Britain’s Lord Dunmore, which offered freedom to any enslaved person in the American colonies who volunteered to serve in the British army against...

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   Aug 10, 2009 · When Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in his draft of the Declaration of Independence it initiated the most intense debate among the delegates gathered at Philadelphia in the spring and early summer of 1776.

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   Feb 15, 2022 · The deletion of Thomas Jefferson’s slavery passage in the Declaration of Independence had powerful and far-reaching consequences. Little did the Founding Fathers know that that we would still be feeling those reverberations today.

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   Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration and called slavery an “abominable crime,” yet he was a lifelong slaveholder. Fearful of dividing the fragile new nation, Jefferson and other founders who opposed slavery did not insist on abolishing it.

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   Jul 2, 2021 · When the Declaration of Independence states that it is "one people" who are establishing their political independence, that oneness represents a common or "national" understanding of the grounds for their independence, which is another way of saying a common understanding of justice.

8. library.wustl.edu › exhibitions › created-equalCreated Equal: Slavery and the Declaration of Independence

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   Jan 18, 2022 · Created Equal: Slavery and the Declaration of Independence. Though the Declaration of Independence states all men are created equal, one-fifth of the population were enslaved people, and one-third of the Declaration’s signers were personally enslavers.

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   Feb 25, 2016 · The latest installment of Information School professor Joe Janes’ podcast series Documents that Changed the World discusses the 168 powerful words condemning slavery that were removed from the Declaration of Independence.