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The quote "All men are created equal" is arguably the best-known phrase in any American political document, appearing in the opening of the American Declaration of Independence, written by one of the founding fathers Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1776. But declaring the equality of all men did not, however, prevent the United States from continuing the widespread practice of slavery but, did give a period in which further slave importation was forbade and some slave were voluntarily freed. New republican ideals in the minds of this new revolutionized population gave birth to the idea of democracy which has often presented itself as the greatest enemy of aristocracy. But when it came to who had the right to vote there was a quandary on the true meaning of "All men are created equal"

When Jefferson stated "All men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence it was impossible not to see how applicable it was to black slavery which had be going on for decades. In fact it did......

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