...clause (directed at the king of England) in the Declaration of Independence. He states, "The clause too, reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of...slaves, and who on the contrary still wished to continue it."'w Jefferson presents himself as taking a stand against slavery (although he did own slaves) and...

...the slave trade or had been implicated in it before 1 776. As Jefferson reported, "the clause . . . reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa,...out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia . . . our Northern brethren also I believe felt a little tender under those censures; for tho' their...

...of slavery and criticizing him for the transatlantic slave trade. Jefferson noted that "the clause too reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa was struck out in complaisance to S. Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation, and who on the contrary...

...slave trade, Congress removed it. Jefferson later explained that the clause was deleted to placate South Carolina and Georgia, "who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves, and who in the contrary still wished to continue it." He speculated too that "our Northern brethren . . . felt...