Slavery in American History

The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 by Thomas
Jefferson under order of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and the
Continental Congress. This document was written in order to let the whole
world know that the colonists of the United States of America were going to
denounce the British Government in order to establish a democratic
government of their own. The unalienable rights of a citizen that were
defined by Jefferson were, 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.'
Through the use of slavery, the acknowledgment of these rights to hold true
for all men invalidated this d…