Explanation:
In his Second Treatise of Government, Locke identified the basis of a legitimate government. ... If the government should fail to protect these rights, its citizens would have the right to overthrow that government. This idea deeply influenced Thomas Jefferson as he drafted the Declaration of Independence.
After the Revolution, the slavery continued because the Founders had a difficulty on which one to prioritize. Their priority during that time was to break free from the British rule and to begin to work as a new nation. Slavery only ended up during the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution in the year 1835.
He opposed it because he felt that it made the rich get richer and since he favored the common people and felt that it wasn't fair toward the common people .
