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What controversial issue was mentioned in the Declaration of Independence that was omitted from the final draft?
slavery. Jefferson thought that slaves should be set free and slavery was morally wrong. However, the delegates from the southern states would not sign the declaration unless the clause on slavery was removed. Eventually, Jefferson conceded and it was removed.
Why did the northern delegate oppose jefferson's passage on slavery?
cuz they did
Which was not a part of the declaration of independence?
It didn't discuss the issue of slavery.
Declarations missing clause?
Thomas Jefferson attempted to add a clause into the Declaration of Independence that would outlaw slavery in all forms, but the other members of the Continental Congress voted it down because so many of them were slave-holders
What document changed the way Americans viewed slavery?
the Declaration of Independence.
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