Question

With statement BEST explains why the Declaration of Independence does not directly address the issue of slavery?

Thomas Jefferson’s own plantation depended on the labor enslaved people.
Thomas Jefferson did not believe in the trade of enslaved people.
Some of the colonies were in favor of slavery and other opposed to it.
Some of the colonists beloved that enslaved people could help fight the British.

Answer 1

Answer: Some of the colonies were in favor of slavery and other opposed to it.

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