The Declaration of Independence itself is not hypocritical, but the people that contributed to the document were hypocritical. Thomas Jefferson, for example contributed to the development of the document stating, "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." However his statement was self contradictory because he owned a slave.
The Declaration of Independence was a letter to the king about the reasons the colonies were declaring themselves free from the crown. Slavery wasn't an issue in this case.
Slavery was a somewhat controversial issue at the time. The economies of the southern colonies relied on the institution, and they would never have agreed to join a nation where one of the stated aims was to eliminate it.
The Declaration of Independence didn't discuss slavery at all. It was a letter to the king stating the problems in the colonies and as far as they were concerned slavery wasn't a problem. The constitution made slaves 3/4 of a person when counting population for the number of Representatives needed in each state.
The US declared independence in 1776.
No, the early draft of the Declaration of Independence did not explicitly denounce slavery or blame it on the English king. Although there were debates over the issue of slavery during the drafting process, any mention of it was ultimately omitted in order to maintain unity among the colonies. The blame for slavery was primarily directed towards the British government for its policies and enforcement.
Slavery
It didn't discuss the issue of slavery.
The Declaration of Independence was a letter to the king about the reasons the colonies were declaring themselves free from the crown. Slavery wasn't an issue in this case.
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The French were not involved in the Declaration of Independence.
Slavery was a somewhat controversial issue at the time. The economies of the southern colonies relied on the institution, and they would never have agreed to join a nation where one of the stated aims was to eliminate it.
it was an issue
The Declaration of Independence didn't discuss slavery at all. It was a letter to the king stating the problems in the colonies and as far as they were concerned slavery wasn't a problem. The constitution made slaves 3/4 of a person when counting population for the number of Representatives needed in each state.
The US Declaration of Independence does not address the issue of who can or cannot vote.
slavery. Jefferson thought that slaves should be set free and slavery was morally wrong. However, the delegates from the southern states would not sign the declaration unless the clause on slavery was removed. Eventually, Jefferson conceded and it was removed.
The US declared independence in 1776.
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. It was replaced with a more ambiguous passage about King George's incitement of "domestic insurrections among us."