In thinking about the Declaration of Independence, we often focus our attention on Jefferson’s opening passages at the expense of what comes later, including his critique of the British for “excit[ing] domestic insurrections among us.” Do you think Jefferson was justified in adding this clause about “domestic insurrection”?
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See: "Slave Conspiracies in Colonial Virginia"
- http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter05...