Why Is Slavery Important In The Declaration Of Independence

Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence. Who is also an American lawyer, a founding father, and the third President of the United States. In this essay, equal rights of slavery has founded and how it was solved through with the Declaration of Independence. Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 16th century. They helped grow crops such as the tabacos. The slavery helped build the economic foundation of the new nation. In the South’s economy the slaves had a very importance of being in the nation because of the new invention of cotton gin. However, many slaves suffered throughout this devastating treating of the Americans(some Americans). …show more content…
The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the American political tradition. It articulates the fundamental ideas that form the American nation: All men are created free and equal and possess the same inherent, natural rights. Which means that the Declaration of Independence gave us the right to revolt against a government that no longer guaranteed us our natural rights. In addition to, not only it give us the right to go to war against England to obtain our freedom, but the Declaration of Independence also listed what the colonists thought was wrong of England to do. Later on, it also said in the document that women are now treated the same as men and that all races are treated equally. Without the founding of the fathers who decided to include this, this would not have happened to day and this is why it is very significant to …show more content…
Without the Declaration of Independence, it would not stop it. One video that we watched in class was the Born Free and Equal. In this video it described how the slavery was treated. Little mistake they made, they would get punished. Not only in this video how it was described but in the other research I have done, slavery were being sold as a prostitute. Mumbet, who is also known as Elizabeth Freeman in the video had enough of the horrible treating of the white people. Thus, she went to talk to Cedrick get the situation solved. Then, the Jury had a decision that black women are all free. Which this statement was included in the Declaration of Independence. Even though back in the day that black women were free from being slaves they were still treated differently. Racism kept going until 1960 and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were made in the