He saw the gross inconsistency between the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the fact of negro slavery; and he could not, or would not, prostitute the faculties of his mind to the vindication of that slavery, which, from his soul, he abhorred.
He highlights the contradiction between the Declaration of Independence and the existence of slavery, which he vehemently opposed.
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