The rough draft includes a much longer diatribe against Britain for conditionally freeing slaves & for "exciting" them to rise up against their masters, as if it wasn't the other way around, as Britain took advantage of the rebellion that slaves were already engaged in & were willing to push further
History is What's Happening
June 17-20, 1776: Thomas Jefferson likely completes his "original rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence in this period. He labors at his Philadelphia apartment with quill pen, iron gall ink and Dutch paper to produce the document for review by fellow members of the Committee of Five. 1/8
