Though the declaration said that 'all men are created equal' the rights of the slaves were being violated by the white men.
Explanation:
The Declaration of Independence of the United States was penned by Thomas Jefferson. The declaration of the United States promoted equality in the treaty, yet the slaves were not treated equally and their rights were violated by the white men. Jefferson, himself was a lifelong slaveholder. When the treaty was signed, the issue of slavery in America was prevalent. The founders of the Declaration were not ignorant of this problem. A passage, referring to the problem was included in the Declaration, but was removed. Jefferson asserted that out of political necessity, the passage was removed from the Declaration.
City-state, a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, economic, and cultural life.
The answer would be letter C. The branch of ethical theory that considers the origin and meaning of ethical principles is known as Meta ethics. Meta ethics is one of the four branches of ethics and the rest are descriptive ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics.