The Declaration of Independenc

The Original Declaration of Independence As a child, we are taught Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence almost as if it were a poem, a piece of literature not to question, but to uphold in the highest regard. What we were not told was that a very important section of that document was completely deleted from the final draft; a section that addressed the slavery and the brutal slaying of Native Americans. It listed injuries and …

…vaguely mentioned in the final draft. Of course, not as much detail was used to describe those issues. This shows that the killing of Native Americans and the enslavement of Africans are not important issues for the members of the Continental Congress. Even though Thomas Jefferson was the author of this document, the Continental Congress must have been in total agreement with it, which means editing some parts, even as important as slavery and murder.