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NO, the Declaration of Independence does not discuss slavery. It was written to declare the American states free and independent of the British Empire.

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What is Thomas Jefferson's biggest secret?

Thomas Jefferson Biggest secret was that in the Declaration of Independence he wrote"All mens are created equal". But when he wrote that it didn't include the slaves and the womans because Thomas Jefferson Had SLAVES. Meaning it didn't include the African American(slaves).


Why did Thomas Jefferson want to include the passage about condemning slavery in the Declaration of Independence if he was a slaveholder?

Thomas Jefferson was a radical thinker. Indeed, he had slaves, but he knew that since the colonists wanted independence, the slaves would too. He did not think of the slaves as animals, but as people. Yes, he had many of them, but that was the expectation of a wealthier person in that time.


Who was left out of the Declaration of Independence 1776?

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What is ironic about Thomas Jefferson and the declaration of independence?

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What was the position of Thomas Jefferson regarding slavery?

he had slaves but wanted to end slavery when they were writing the declaration of independence. unfortunately his paragraph about slavery was not included.


Why did thomas Jefferson not include an attack on slavery when wrotong declaration of independence?

He didn't consider slavery wrong. He owned slaves and had a slave mistress who gave him 6 children.


How were Thomas Jefferson and most people that signed the Declaration of Independence hypocrites?

The main reason the signers could be called hypocrites is that in the Declaration they state that all men are created equal, yet even Jefferson kept slaves. Political cartoons were made of this issue in Great Britain.


What is hypocritical about the Declaration of Independence since it is wrote Thomas Jefferson?

A provocative, albeit historically ignorant, question. The answer that the near-illiterate questioner has attempted to corral the reader The immortal preamble of the Declaration of Independence states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that allmen are created equal..." Yet Jefferson himself owned slaves. Gotcha, right?


How did Thomas Jefferson treat his own slaves?

I don't know, but he was good to them. One theory or probably whip them and treat them badly? I know thomas jefferson, was a good man who wrote the declaRATION of independence, was a good third president and a good father and a good man. But I don't know how he treated his own slaves. Badly or make them equal.


5 After Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence All men are created equal were slaves guaranteed their freedom in the new US?

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How did the Emancipation Proclamation reflect the ideas of the Declaration of Independence?

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What is it about Thomas Jefferson that made him so special?

Jefferson was a man of many talents. He was an scientist, planter, writer, president , diplomat , avid reader, inventor, designer, and collector. He was a true revolutionary and felt the world should overthrow all kings. He also felt that the constitution should be rewritten every 24 years. Jefferson was a remarkable man.