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When Congress edited Thomas Jefferson's newly written Declaration of Independence, what was the most important part that was unfortunately deleted?
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a scathing denunciation of the slave trade |
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an intemperate reference to people of England |
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all references to taxation |
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the separation of church and state |
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the right to own guns |
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On July 4, 1776, The Declaration of Independence was approved and officially adopted by the Continental Congress. Two passages in Jefferson's original draft were rejected by the Congress — an intemperate reference to the English people and a scathing denunciation of the slave trade. Otherwise, the Declaration was adopted without significant change. The unfortunate deletion of the part that scathingly denunciated the slave trade led the country down an inevitable path to one of its bloodiest battels ever fought -- the CIvil War.
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