When the passage "All men are born free and equal," when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?


The works of Herman Melville: Standard edition (ed. 1924)

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When the passage All men are born free and equal, when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?

When the passage All men are born free and equal, when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?

When the passage All men are born free and equal, when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?

When the passage All men are born free and equal, when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?