The Declaration of Independence

By Joseph Barrow



     We are going to back up and take a look at the Declaration of Independence.

In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.  

      (copied from archive.gov/founding docs)

     The Founders of this great Nation felt it necessary to declare, in writing, their reasons for separating from England. 

     "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

     Several people say that the Founders were Hypocrites because they talked about individual freedom while allowing slavery. A little-known fact from history. Not all of the Founders agreed with Slavery. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration, and did not own Slaves,  included in the List of grievances the fact that King George III of England allowed Slavery in the Colonies, he viewed this as an abomination before God. It was removed as a compromise with slave owners from the Southern Colonies.

     It took over 87 years, a Civil War, and the 13Th Amendment to the Constitution, but Slavery finally came to an end in the United States of America.  

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  1. UtahBeachJune 30, 2022 at 8:21 AM

    Hi Joe. Almost no one knows about Jefferson's anti-slavery passage since it was removed before the final document was published. Also, few facts have emerged as to why it was removed. Probably at the insistence of a couple of the southern slave states. Had it stayed in the Declaration, we might have put an end to slavery sooner and avoided the Civil War.

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  2. USConstitutionfortodaybyJJuly 14, 2022 at 9:57 PM

    We could still be under the thumb of Her Majesty The Queen.

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