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The primary author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, included a passage attacking slavery in an earlier draft of the Declaration of Independence. Read the passage and in this section you will analyze its historical context. Thomas Jefferson is known for penning The Declaration of Independence, but some of his earlier writings establish the pattern of challenging the British monarchy. The passage below was included in Thomas Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration of Independence as one of the grievances against King George III of England. The latest installment of Information School professor Joe Janes’ podcast series Documents that Changed the World discusses the 168 powerful words condemning slavery that were removed from the Declaration of Independence. The entire paragraph on slavery and the slave trade was deleted by Congress sitting in the Committee of the Whole on July 3–4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson reported in his "Notes of Proceedings in Congress" that "The clause too, reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa, was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina & Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation of Why did Jefferson—a slaveholder himself—write this passage denouncing slavery, why was it deleted, and what was the long-term impact of that decision? Print of Thomas Jefferson, 1929, based upon original 1805 portrait by Gilbert Stuart. / THF2295. When Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in his draft of the Declaration of Independence, it initiated the most intense debate among the delegates gathered at Philadelphia in the spring and early summer of 1776. Jefferson’s passage on slavery was the most important section removed from the final document. What isn’t widely known, however, is that Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in an early version of the Declaration, drafted a 168-word passage that condemned slavery as one of the many evils Monticello, which Jefferson began constructing in 1769 in present-day Shadwell, Virginia Thomas Jefferson was born into the planter class of a "slave society", as defined by the historian Ira Berlin, in which slavery was the main means of labor production. [6] He was the son of Peter Jefferson, a prominent slaveholder and land speculator in Virginia, and Jane Randolph, granddaughter of English Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence said of King George III: “He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere.” Much of Jefferson’s draft was ultimately adopted by the full Congress, but it removed his clause on the king’s culpability in promoting the slave trade in America and in encouraging slaves to rise up in insurrection against their slaveholders. Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's purpose in writing the Declaration of Independence? Welcome to the July 2021 edition of Liberty Matters. This month we convene a panel of distinguished scholars to ask, "Who was Thomas Jefferson, and how did his views--particularly those on race, slavery, and freedom--inform his writings, including the Declaration of Independence?" Lead essayist Hans Eicholz, an historian and Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund, kicks things off in our lead essay by (This is Professor Julian Boyd's reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence before it was revised by the other members of the Committee of Five and by Congress. Describes an early draft of the Declaration of Independence in which author Thomas Jefferson condemned slavery as one of the many evils foisted upon the colonies by the British crown and how and why the passage was stricken from the final draft. Was slavery included in the Declaration of Independence? What isn’t widely known, however, is that Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in an early version of the Declaration, drafted a 168-word passage that condemned slavery as one of the many evils foisted upon the colonies by the British crown. The passage was cut from the final wording. Thomas Jefferson's early draft of the Declaration of Independence included a notable paragraph, attacking King George III for allowing the Transatlantic Slave Trade to continue. How did Thomas Jefferson feel about slavery? Was he an abolitionist? What did he say about it, and what did he do about it? Did he fight for or against slavery? 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. But the Declaration did not extend “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” to African Americans, indentured servants, or women. Twelve of the first eighteen American presidents owned slaves. Thomas In fact, Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration did recognize the issue of slavery. In it, he stated that King George had "waged cruel War against Nature itself, violating its most sacred Rights of Life and Liberty in the Persons of a distant People who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into Slavery in another Hemisphere, or
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