The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence

[jon-nyc]

Jefferson wrote this but was forced to remove it under pressure from other delegates.

[Mik]

Wow.... that I was unaware of.

[Catseye3]

Jefferson was scribbling changes to the document until literally the last second, in an anteroom.

I think it was probably a good idea that the above was deleted.

[George K]

Does this mean his statue can go back up?

[Jolly]

@George-K said in The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence:

Does this mean his statue can go back up?

Nah, he was still bopping his female slave....

[jon-nyc]

Let he who has never bopped a female slave cast the first stone.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence:

Let he who has never bopped a female slave cast the first stone.

Paid or non-paid?

Just asking for a friend...

[Loki]

Very interesting.

OTOH, how many clauses didn’t make it and was this also inspired to stop King George’s continued meddling?

[Kincaid]

Reading a book about the relationship between Geo. Washington and Benedict Arnold - or maybe it was from Googling stuff while watching Hamilton last night - but was reading about British efforts to offer freedom to slaves if they would fight for the British cause.

So, this doesn't surprise me.

[Loki]

@Kincaid said in The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence:

Reading a book about the relationship between Geo. Washington and Benedict Arnold - or maybe it was from Googling stuff while watching Hamilton last night - but was reading about British efforts to offer freedom to slaves if they would fight for the British cause.

So, this doesn't surprise me.

Yeah it’s part of the Hamilton narrative.

[Copper]

@Loki said in The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence:

@Kincaid said in The deleted clause of the Declaration of Independence:

Reading a book about the relationship between Geo. Washington and Benedict Arnold

It is on Netflix

https://www.amc.com/shows/turn-2/cast-crew/benedict-arnold