Thomas Jefferson's All Men Are Created Equal

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (Thomas Jefferson) Some of the founding fathers were slave owners when Jefferson wrote the constitution. The founding fathers were wrong when they wrote “All Men Are Created Equal” because no one was treated equally. In the United States of America in 1776 everyone was not treated equally. People living in America today are not equal the reason is because some people are more important than others were the law will be in favor of them. It’s impossible, of all men to be created equal because there are people who get away. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner when he and the founding father agreed that “All Men Are Created Equal.” Which means that when they wrote the constitution, they were not referring to the black slave but they were referring to the white man who owned slaves and property. “In the late …show more content…
For example, if a woman wanted to get divorced it would have been impossible, but for the men to divorce his wife it was possible to do so. “In colonial society, divorce was virtually impossible under English precedent, but all of the new states recognized the need to end unhappy marriages.” (Salmon) even though some new states did allow for women’s to get divorced if the husband abused his wife. Also, some states in the south did not allow the women get divorced or would make it difficult. “It was difficult for lawmakers to grant women absolute divorces because of their husbands’ adulterous relationships with slaves.” (Salmon) this is a great example that shows the inequality between men and women because if the husband wanted to divorce his wife because of adultery they would have given him the freedom to divorce