Funny clip Shamus.
As well, in respect of the DofI, it made no mention of half the population, who presumably were not considered equal (yes, women!), nor of the slaves, who were certainly not equal in anyone's eyes. Jefferson was a slave owner, yet he wrote that slavery was wrong; quite possibly more oxymoronic than hypocritical IMO, but that doesn't explain why he kept his slaves - it has been written that he saw no practical way to emancipate them. It is said that his original draft of the DofI had a denunication of slavery (or at least the slave trade) but people reckon this was more a kick at the poms for allowing it, while others would say that it was "just politics" that saw its removal from the famous document.
Of course, in an incredibly overt political move, after Georgy Pie the 3rd issued his proclamation about the Americans' rebellion (a year prior to the DofI), the (royal) governor of Virginia offered to free any of them who joined the pommie cause!
Anyway, here's another funny Chasers vid -
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