Monday, September 12, 2011

Declaration of Independence

Although the Declaration of Independence is perhaps one of the most important documents in our Nation's history. I can't help but feel that even though the document demands independence and equality for the citizens of America, it continues to neglect as James Madison called it America's  "original sin" pg 15 (Trodd). I feel that this was a great opportunity to finally put slavery to an end in in U.S. but it wasn't given a second thought once the final document was created. To me it seems hypocritical to request equality and separation from British rule, while carrying out an even greater oppression on people in your own nation. I understand that its difficult to make such immense changes in the social dynamic overnight and that slavery was not going to be easy to live without. However, in a time where things in America were changing for the better, this would've been the opportune time to take a stand against slavery instead of allowing it to drag on and ultimately get out of hand when the Civil War came around.

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