Truths Not Always Self-Evident
The following is a book review of “Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea,” by Darrin M. McMahon, published by Basic Books. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Thomas Jefferson wrote these memorable words in 1776. Meanwhile, over the course of his lifetime, he owned some 600 human beings, buying and selling them as needed,
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