... very differently by pro-slavery parties. George Fitzhugh, a Virginia lawyer, believed, "The author of the Declaration may have, and probably did mean, that all men were created with an equal title to property"(242). Fitzhugh saw equality among men as impossible. He believed that there was no way that Thomas Jefferson would have claimed that all men were created equal. It ... states that African Americans are inferior because they do what all humans naturally do, sweat. He also sets up a hierarchy of the races. He compares the African Americans to the Native Americans and says "The India...

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... once quoted "equal rights for all, special privileges for none." Yet America is far from this vision. Minorities in America are often discriminated against and paid less for equivalent work. Native Americans, Latinos, and African American's struggle for equality while always in the shadow of their fellow minority, the "model minority" or also known as Asian Americans. But inequality is not ... equality in the work force, in education, and in the athletic fields, they also continue to be looked down upon. An example of woman's striving for equality is in athletics. Title IX was created a...

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... of the state under the newly adopted constitution and then in 1796 ran for presidency. Jefferson went against Adams, which they were both republicans and he lost therefore took the title as vice-president; When re-election came around Jefferson ran against John Adams, representing the Federalist Party. During this time venomous rumors were written in the papers to destroy Jefferson ... 's reputation. "Jefferson was accused of having betrayed his native state into the hands of the enemy on two occasions, while at the head of the government by a cowardly abandonment of Richmond and on the ...

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