... Independence The Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, announced the separation of the United States and Great Britain. The document, though not legal, was created to be a set of basic ground rules for the nation. The ideas behind the document tend to be flexible and can be interpreted in several ways. This has been a cause for many problems over the years ... however diversified in situation or color, we are all of the Same Family, and Stand in the Same relation to him. "(190). Banneker, felt that since all men were created under one "universal father", that they would all be g...

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