RUSH TRANSCRIPT My friend ░░░░░░░░ Flannery is the host ░░░░░░░░ the American story podcast ░░░░░░░░ he is a senior ░░░░░░░░ with the claremont institute ░░░░░░░░ week we talked to ░░░░░░░░ about his first installment ░░░░░░░░ a trilogy in which ░░░░░░░░ explains why the American ░░░░░░░░ was an anti slavery ░░░░░░░░ Well he s back ░░░░░░░░ with his second episode ░░░░░░░░ how the declaration of ░░░░░░░░ is also an anti ░░░░░░░░ declaration Chris joins us ░░░░░░░░ As always Chris great ░░░░░░░░ see you Good to ░░░░░░░░ you kara Slave trade ░░░░░░░░ does it help us ░░░░░░░░ King George supported the ░░░░░░░░ declaration as a whole ░░░░░░░░ Congress is debating Well ░░░░░░░░ s June 1776 and ░░░░░░░░ or not to declare ░░░░░░░░ and engaged in that ░░░░░░░░ appoint a five man ░░░░░░░░ you mentioned last week ░░░░░░░░ they have the language ░░░░░░░░ for them when they ░░░░░░░░ the decision Thomas Jefferson ░░░░░░░░ on the committee and ░░░░░░░░ the draft and they ░░░░░░░░ small edits the Jefferson ░░░░░░░░ drafts and commit the ░░░░░░░░ to Congress on June ░░░░░░░░ And Congress makes their ░░░░░░░░ historic decision for independence ░░░░░░░░ July 2 Only then ░░░░░░░░ July second when they ░░░░░░░░ it and don t ░░░░░░░░ until famous Fourth of ░░░░░░░░ They make interesting changes ░░░░░░░░ Jefferson s draft but ░░░░░░░░ you read from last ░░░░░░░░ is important because in ░░░░░░░░ passage Congress deleted Jeff ░░░░░░░░ refers to the distant ░░░░░░░░ being enslaved with the ░░░░░░░░ of the king He ░░░░░░░░ of them as men ░░░░░░░░ sacred rights of human ░░░░░░░░ are enslaved by that ░░░░░░░░ pieces of evidence we ░░░░░░░░ when the revolutionary They ░░░░░░░░ exactly what they said ░░░░░░░░ men Black and white ░░░░░░░░ men and slave we ░░░░░░░░ to be reminded of ░░░░░░░░ today As you know ░░░░░░░░ Project at New York ░░░░░░░░ fifth and eighth graders ░░░░░░░░ all men created equal ░░░░░░░░ all white men About ░░░░░░░░ present and gets edited ░░░░░░░░ passage we were talking ░░░░░░░░ Do we know why ░░░░░░░░ decided to delete that ░░░░░░░░ How do we determine ░░░░░░░░ today Georgia and South ░░░░░░░░ You mentioned objections from ░░░░░░░░ them to delete the ░░░░░░░░ and that s what ░░░░░░░░ son records His later ░░░░░░░░ is Congress deleted the ░░░░░░░░ because they objected He ░░░░░░░░ some of our northern ░░░░░░░░ objected to the passage ░░░░░░░░ although they didn t ░░░░░░░░ slaves they trafficked in ░░░░░░░░ The revolutionaries were aware ░░░░░░░░ slavery principle and continued ░░░░░░░░ only slaves But the ░░░░░░░░ Congress had no p ░░░░░░░░ to interfere or abolish ░░░░░░░░ in the southern states ░░░░░░░░ needed the southern states ░░░░░░░░ independence was to be ░░░░░░░░ and it would have ░░░░░░░░ disastrous if they separated ░░░░░░░░ and created a slave ░░░░░░░░ of their own So ░░░░░░░░ enlisted the slave states ░░░░░░░░ anti slavery revolution in ░░░░░░░░ hopes that though they ░░░░░░░░ no power to abolish ░░░░░░░░ immediately their revolution would ░░░░░░░░ slavery on the course ░░░░░░░░ ultimate extinction Quickly before ░░░░░░░░ let you go tonight ░░░░░░░░ it comes to eternal ░░░░░░░░ that Jeff son penned ░░░░░░░░ men are created equal ░░░░░░░░ throughout the decades later ░░░░░░░░ up to Civil War ░░░░░░░░ was the crying call ░░░░░░░░ all men are created ░░░░░░░░ and understood that to ░░░░░░░░ everything black white everything ░░░░░░░░ between As we come ░░░░░░░░ to revolution as we ░░░░░░░░ about here how should ░░░░░░░░ understand that today That ░░░░░░░░ exactly right We need ░░░░░░░░ remind ourselves of it ░░░░░░░░ the time of the ░░░░░░░░ everybody understood all things ░░░░░░░░ equal all men Abraham ░░░░░░░░ in 1850s said he ░░░░░░░░ not aware of a ░░░░░░░░ person who had ever ░░░░░░░░ that all men are ░░░░░░░░ equal meant all white ░░░░░░░░ until the chief justice ░░░░░░░░ the Supreme Court of ░░░░░░░░ United States in the ░░░░░░░░ infamous Supreme Court case ░░░░░░░░ history until he declared ░░░░░░░░ all men are created ░░░░░░░░ must have meant all ░░░░░░░░ men This is disastrous ░░░░░░░░ makes completely impossible to ░░░░░░░░ and makes a wreck ░░░░░░░░ mangled ruined of the ░░░░░░░░ of independence That s ░░░░░░░░ 1619 Project wants our ░░░░░░░░ to be taught today ░░░░░░░░ we have to remind ░░░░░░░░ of the truth of ░░░░░░░░ matter.