When prospective Founding Father Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, he wrote of “self-evident truths” and “inalienable rights” guaranteed to every man under natural law thereby "creating" them “equal” (Narrative History, A67). Moreover, Jefferson’s call for sovereignty inspired Patriots in the colonies, which in turn galvanized political movements both intracontinentally and abroad for many years into the future (Palmer, 212). The narrative a newly founded freedom-granting America does not place enough focus on the demographic which endured the most arduous uphill battle. From the time the final bullet pierced the air in Yorktown, Virginia on October of 1781 to the de jure establishment of the United States Bill of Rights,
