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"How did delegates change Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration?" A) They added a passage freeing slaves. B) They deleted all passages that criticized King George. C) They deleted a passage that
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"How did delegates change Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration?"

A) They added a passage freeing slaves.

B) They deleted all passages that criticized King George.

C) They deleted a passage that blamed King George for the slave trade.

D) They added the phrase “execrable commerce” to a passage about the slave trade.


I put quotes in the question cuz I read the Honor Code.

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They deleted all passages that criticized King George.

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Jefferson was critical of changes to the document, particularly the removal of a long paragraph that attributed responsibility of the slave trade to British King George III.
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