The correct answer is A) Many leaders supported the Enlightenment ideal of individual liberty, but they were also unwilling to demand an end to slavery.
<em>The statement that best summarizes the relationship between Enlightenment ideals and slavery for early U.S. leaders is many leaders supported the Enlightenment ideal of individual liberty, but they were also unwilling to demand an end to slavery.
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The Enlightenment promoted the power of reason and scientific observation, opposed to the religious devotion of the Great Awakening. <u>Benjamin Franklin</u> promoted Enlightenment that guided the founding of one colony: Georgia. Many supporters of Enlightenment were pro-liberty principles, but they were unwilling to demand an end to slavery.
