Why do you think that Thomas Jefferson wrote a paragraph about slavery when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Bess [88]3 years ago

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he believed that slavery presented the greatest threat to the survival of the new American nation. Jefferson also thought that slavery was contrary to the laws of nature, which decreed that everyone had a right to personal liberty.

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ycow [4]3 years ago

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Thomas Jefferson helped to create a new nation based on individual freedom and self-government. His words in the Declaration of Independence expressed the aspirations of the new nation. ... Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration and called slavery an “abominable crime,” yet he was a lifelong slaveholder.

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