On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration.
The men are having a conference to discuss an important matter. Some of the men looks concerned but others seem as if they're lost in thought about the situation that they're discussing.
True equiano and wheatley had the same reaction to being brought as a slave