In this video, Prof. Antwain K. Hunter (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) explains
- How did the Continental Congress change Thomas Jefferson’s draft?
- How did Jefferson feel about these changes?
- What change was most significant?
- Was Thomas Jefferson anti-slavery?
- Why did delegates to the Continental Congress remove the grievance?
Image: Thomas Jefferson’s “Original Rough Draught” of the Declaration of Independence with minor emendations in the hands of John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, June 1776 (Library of Congress)
