Analyzing the Declaration of Independence. History Essay.

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Analyzing the Declaration of Independence
The immortal words carved in the Declaration of Independence are a firm reminder that the one-time colonies of Great Britain are now the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson, the person tasked to draft the original rough version of the document, had written the reasons for the declaration of independence of the colonies as well as the charges against the tyrannical rule of King George III (Armitage, 27). When the rough draft was turned over to Congress, the existing committee allotted additional time to edit and remove some passages in Jefferson's document to fit the standards of those who are present in the meeting (Rakove, 19). Although there are multiple changes done throughout the document, two notable large deletions in the rough draft, including the large passage about slavery and the elaboration about circumstances of emigration and settlement, should be further studied since these deletions implied contradictions between the lifestyle of the citizens of the colonies and the general purpose of the declaration of independence, specifically about “all men are created equal” and the charges against the King about the non-assistance of Great Britain in the growth of the colonies.
Deletion: Carrying them into Slavery
Jefferson originally stated that, the King is “…violating its most sacred Rights of Life and Liberty in the Persons of a distant People who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into Slavery in another Hemisphere… (US 1776).” The atrocities of the British crown were heavily condemned by Thomas Jefferson in the original rough draft of the declaration; however, members of the committee deliberately removed the charges about the King's crime in introducing the slave trade in the colonies and in Great Britain (Vile, 2). Jefferson was also implying that the colonies were forced to accept slavery since it was an imposed institution of the monarch (Rakove, 5).
Additionally, Jefferson referred slavery as the result of all the negatives of the “Christian King of Great Britain” for keeping the horrible slave market open (US 1776). Jefferson stressed the "Christian King" to show the contradictions between the teaching of religious scriptures about doing the public good and the projected acts of the king that desecrated the nature of the God (Ville, 272).
The passage was removed since the other members of the committee wished to continue the slave trade in the independent colonies (Armitage, 58). Specifically, southern delegates in the meeting are ...