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What did the colonists debate about keeping or taking out of the Declaration of Independence?

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Answer: Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in an early version of the Declaration, drafted a 168-word passage that condemned slavery as one of the many evils foisted upon the colonies by the British crown. The passage was cut from the final wording.

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