Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence's famous phrase 'all men are created equal,' owned over 600 enslaved people throughout his lifetime, creating a profound contradiction between his stated ideals of liberty and equality and his personal practices of slavery.
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The man who wrote the phrase all men are created equal owned over 600 slaves.
[music] Thomas Jefferson was the author of the most famous words in American history, all men are created equal.
Yet [music] throughout his lifetime, he enslaved more than 600 people including men, women, [music] and children.
He once called slavery a moral evil.
However, >> [music] >> he granted freedom to very few.
Was he a champion of liberty or the greatest hypocrite in history?
>> [music] >> Leave your comments below.
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