...[condemning] the enslaving [of] the inhabitants of Africa was struck out in complaisance [courtesy] to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted...still wished to continue it. Our Northern brethren also,l believe, felt a little tender under those censures; for, though their people had very few slaves...

...Jefferson's private notes explained that the removal of the paragraph in question was an attempt to placate South Carolina and Georgia, "who had never attempted...and who on the contrary still wished to continue it " Northerners were castigated as well. Although they had few slaves themselves, "yet they had been...

...connects slavery with antiquated, tyrannous notions of government, as he explains how this "clause too, reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of...who on the contrary still wished to continue it." He then chastises the other colonies for not defying the slave trade and criticizes both parties as...

...the Declaration contained a clause criticizing the slave trade. Congress deleted the clause, not only "in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who...who on the contrary still wished to continue it," but also because of the reluctance of "[o]ur northern brethren who had long been making money from...

...conveyed censures on the people of England were struck out, lest they should give them offence. The clause too, reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of...in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who h:ul never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves, and who on the contrary still wished to...

...appear enthusiastic for the trade. Jefferson eventually explained that these words were finally omitted "in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who...who, on the contrary, still wished to continue it." He added, "Our northern brethren also, I believe, felt a little tender under those censures; for, though...

...who secretly hoped for reconciliation with the British. One was economic interest: "The clause . . . reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa,...who on the contrary still wished to continue it." The other explanation was more complex and problematic, but much more relevant to the situation of...

...the Declaration of Independence: The clause . . . reprobating the enslaving of the inhabitants from Africa was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who Responding to the Call of His Times l 7 had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves,...

...was dropped from the draft of the Declaration of Independence, "in complaisance," Jefferson wrote, "to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted...slaves, and who on the contrary still wished to continue it."76 That was a fateful precedent. In 1776 the question could be swept under the rug. That would...

...The entire passage was deleted. Jefferson later remarked, "The clause reprobating the enslaving of the inhabitants of Africa, was struck out in complaisance...continue it. Our northern brethren also I believe 37. Thomas Jefferson, Writings, comp. Merrill D. Peterson (New York: Literary Classics of United States,...