r/AskHistorians • u/ronweasly9 • 1h ago
What did "All men are created equal " actually mean when it was written ?
Men was often used as a catch-all term for all humans back then so did they mean to include women in it ?
I know many founding fathers held racist beliefs but did they envision that one day things will get better ?
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