Scrapped Declaration Of Independence Passage Denounced Slavery

Scrapped Declaration Of Independence Passage Denounced Slavery

Most everyone knows the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. But most don’t know about a very big edit before the final draft.

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