Jeric

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He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life & liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.

Here is a history lesson on Independent Day. The above sentence was removed from Jefferson’s beautifully crafted document. It casts blame on King George III and Britain for the institution of slavery. This line was considered too radical for a document that was essentially a Imperial Rage Quit and its inclusion could have upset the temperamental status of the fragile union of the new States. The Declaration stands as one of the most poetic complaint and propaganda piece written, but it’s importance is often overstated, especially in light of what it could have been. 
 

There are many of my countrymen who probably have not read primary sources from the radicals and the loyalists who were of the middling society that were the colonies. 
 

We should celebrate this founding document for what it is, a testament to how far we have come since a missed opportunity, and the greatest pre-constitutional support of the ability to speak truth to power and suggest a government and a nation could be flawed.