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SCOUT· 51%1h 14m·2026-05-05·History440 Jefferson's Cut Grievance and the British Monarchy's Role in Slavery
Ben Franklin's World
Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence contained 28 grievances against King George III — not 27. The final grievance, the one Congress cut before signing, accused the British king of waging cruel war against human nature by trafficking enslaved Africans across the Atlantic, forcing slavery onto…
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