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Why was the original draft of the declaration of independence not included in the final draft ?

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A statement against the evil of the slave trade. In his original draft of the Declaration, Jefferson condemned the slave trade carried on by the British. (Yes, Jefferson himself owned slaves he had inherited, but saw an eventual emancipation of slaves as something that would need to be done over ti

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