From spring 1775 until the fall of 1776 the rights and status of the black slave in America were closely questioned. ... In April 1775 blacks had fought for the Continental Army; three months later, however, Washington had banned blacks from the patriot army; in November Lord Dunmore made his proclamation; and by July 4th, 1776, the passage on slavery had finally been deleted from the Declaration of Independence. ... The slavery issue could not be allowed to divide revolutionary alliances or to take precedence over such critical questions as military defense and political reconstruction." .....

• Word Count: 1913
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Our "Declaration of Independence- states that "All men are created equal."" ... "Compare your own language , extracted from your Declaration of Independence, with your cruelties and murders inflicted by your cruel and unmerciful fathers and yourselves on our fathers and on us--men who have never given your fathers or you the least provocation!!!!!!... This point is illustrated in Douglass rhetorical question, "Now, Americans! ... For the first time in the history of the United States , more than a handful of people started to see them as humans who ought to have the same inalienable rights...

• Word Count: 1119
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Finally, Frederick Douglass, one of the most famous black abolitionists and well-known as an eloquent public speaker, made a speech on Independence Day 1952 entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?... "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me....This Fourth of July is yours not mine.... He then went on to reveal the irony of the Declaration of Independence, a doctrine that granted liberty and freedom to every man. ... Prior to giving this speech Douglass spent two years studying the Constit...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The thesis statement is that Lincoln sought to preserve the American union and its system of self-government by reclaiming the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and to recover the Spirit of '76 to the American mind which states that "all men are created equal". ... He focused on the need to return to the foundations of the Declaration of Independence and the ideas that shaped the creation of America in order to hold the Union together. ... Therefore, slavery threatened the Union and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. ... The conflicts that arose between p...

• Word Count: 2032
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After his remarks he answered questions from members of the audience. ... This book raised two basic questions about Thomas Jefferson. ... He is also a great roll model, because he went from a ruff, fatherless childhood to becoming a young scholar and later the third president of this country as well as writer of the Declaration of Independence where the birth to freedom, liberty, and pride started. ...

• Word Count: 590
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The life of Abraham Lincoln can be linked with the development of the question on whether the institution of slavery could grow with the nation or not. ... These contradictions would be involved in Lincoln's evolving thoughts on how to come about stopping the expansion of the slavery in America as he thought them to be created equal, citing the Declaration of Independence, but thought it unrealistic as even opponents of slavery in the North were absolutely opposed to a full integration of freed slaves, or viewed integration, at least, quite skeptically. ... I hate it because it deprives o...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

Unfortunately, the Treaty of Paris, the Articles of Confederation nor the Declaration of Independence offered the same opportunities to the nation's other residents. ... Without question, the wealth of Southern plantations, and the Northern states, were directly associated with the exploitation of African slave labor. ...

• Word Count: 572
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But the question is if slavery really ended when the war ended? ... African Americans, I believe, had a huge role in achieving their own independence during the war, and after. ... Congress and the government gave exceptional benefits towards the outcome of black people striving for independence. ... With the declaration of the Emancipation, former slaves were rejoined with past families. ...

• Word Count: 842
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

After the Civil War Frederick Douglas said, "the Declaration of Independence is no longer a lie." ... The author had a wonderful documentary except that once he had the audience's attention, he should have went into the minor details that would have left the audience's questions at ease. ...

• Word Count: 885
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• Grade Level: High School

Serving the fiery Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, he was led by his pen in his masterpiece, the Declaration of Independence. ... Lee's resolution," but there are many other important historical acts that are noteworthy but overshadowed by his Declaration of Independence. Jefferson is also responsible for basic human rights including religious freedom in the colonies granted by his Declaration. As the Declaration's infamous first line states "All men are created equal," and everyone demanded this equality in the colonies. ... Out of the new religious freedoms granted by Jefferson gr...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

According to document 1, Angelina Grimke makes a valid point that slavery is contrary to our declaration of independence, and to human rights. ... What made things worse is that people know this, but yet they still debate over the same questions. ... However, questions arose, such as if they would guarantee the Civil Rights to former slaves, and if so, how would you. ...

• Word Count: 1186
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• Grade Level: High School

Before the war, they were being shipped as slaves along the triangle trade route, but after the revolution the question was discussed of abolishing slavery in the constitutional convention and the writing of the declaration of independence. ... Pointing to the declaration of independence, blacks petitioned Congress and the state legislatures to abolish slavery, to give blacks equal right" (Oden 2011). ...

• Word Count: 1901
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Nature is a useful lens to use that leads to such questions such as whether slavery was justified or not, because of the culture it has created and developed into contemporary African American culture and its people and descendants. ... This part of the Declaration of Independence became part of Lincoln's human nature and propelled his thoughts and ideas against slavery and the Confederacy. ...

• Word Count: 1349
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The vessels, and the goods on board were the property of Spanish subjects in Havana and the "Negroes" in question were certified at that time by a document signed by the Governor General of Cuba to be property of Spanish subjects (Argument of the Government). ... The President's actions went against the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. ...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Their ideals included hard work, education, economic independence, and the belief that the community had the right and responsibility to decide whether an action was moral or immoral. ... The Compromise of 1850 was a group of acts passed by Congress in the hope of settling the dreaded slavery question by satisfing both the North and South. ... The South regarded the move as a declaration of war. ...

• Word Count: 4026
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

As Richmond paper publishing supervisor, Thomas Ritchie entered, "the whole country appears agitated by this question.... Losing the fight to limit slavery in Missouri, and Southerners' aggressive declarations during the discussions, led many Northerners to promise opposition to any new slave state or territory. ... " King later renounced some of the radical suggestions of this declaration for slavery beyond Missouri, but it was a sign of how far the debates had pressed some Northerners. ... It convinced many Southerners to highlight the Constitution, narrowly interpreted, at th...

• Word Count: 2503
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

My question that I set out to answer was to see if the Proclamation was motivated my military necessity or somewhat of a moral wrong that needed to be made right. ... "This declared indifference, but as I must think, covert zeal for the spread of slavery I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest." ... Thus Lincoln was required to be very careful about how he managed the question of emancipation. ...

• Word Count: 5422
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography

The painful declarations of ignorance of his birth date, and even the identity of his father was a struggle. ... The trajectory toward independence continued through his career as an abolitionist. ... If a gentleman shall say the rich man has property and the poor man has not then the question is only changed for another what is his right to property." ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School