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Founding Fathers and Equality
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Founding Fathers and Equality
This paper explores if equality is merely for some or if it applies to everyone regardless of gender or race.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
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MLA | 2004
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses the concept of equality and questions if it is for some or for all. The paper examines the original intent of the founding fathers, including perspectives and evidence. The paper concludes that the founding fathers did not intend on principle to constrain equality, even though they themselves accepted slavery.From the Paper:
"Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal. However, only certain people, the white and the male were regarded as equal in the early republic. It is ambiguous whether Jefferson intended the word men to apply to human beings in general as was often the case until quite recently, or only to males. Certainly he did not mean black men or women."More papers on Founding Fathers and Equality:
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APA Citation:
Founding Fathers and Equality (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Founding-Fathers-and-Equality/73531
MLA Citation:
"Founding Fathers and Equality" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Founding-Fathers-and-Equality/73531>
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