“ALL Men are Created Equal:” The Declaration of Independence and Black Freedom Suits & Freedom Petitions
The Declaration of Independence asserted that "all men are created equal" and have natural rights and the right of self-government by consent. Slavery contradicted these core principles of the Declaration of Independence as America's creedal document. In part one of HCC&M's 2026 Summer Speaker Series, Tony Williams, a Senior Fellow at the Bill of Rights […]