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Graeme Mack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Graeme Mack, University of Richmond (THE CONVERSATION) The Declaration of Independence ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

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