Question

"How did delegates change Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration?"

A) They added a passage freeing slaves.

B) They deleted all passages that criticized King George.

C) They deleted a passage that blamed King George for the slave trade.

D) They added the phrase “execrable commerce” to a passage about the slave trade.


I put quotes in the question cuz I read the Honor Code.

Answer 1

They deleted all passages that criticized King George.

Answer 2

C.
Jefferson was critical of changes to the document, particularly the removal of a long paragraph that attributed responsibility of the slave trade to British King George III.