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A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, Now Met in General Congress at Philadelphia

A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, Now Met in General Congress at Philadelphia

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    United States. Continental Congress

    21.2 cm x 13.6 cm

    Philadelphia: printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1775


    This declaration was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and rewritten by John Dickinson. In it the 13 colonial representatives resolve that while a war of independence can still be avoided, colonial Americans would sooner die than continue to live in slavery. It was approved by Congress on 6 July, 1775.