Equality in the Declaration of Independence

Equality In the Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence points out many rights that should be applied to all citizens of the United States. The most prominent of the rights professed in the first five lines of the declaration is equality. What is ironic about how insistent the Declaration is about equality is that chapters eighteen and nineteen explain instances in our country’s history when people have attempted to ignore this given right. The leaders of the United States during the Reconstruction after the Civil War faced many challenges brought on by reuniting the nation.

Many of the citizens of the South had yet to accept the abolition of slavery. Although the slaves were legally free, they were still bound socially and were not allowed to vote or own certain land. There was an organization called the Freedman’s Bureau that tried to help these people to get their feet on the