A Story Outline of Evolution 



In 1776 the sons of the men of Runnemede, our fore- 

 fathers, brought forth in a new continent another immortal 

 document, declaring 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, etc.," but it required eight years of bloody war 

 to establish these rights in America. Human slavery existed 

 in all the thirteen colonies when this Declaration was made 

 and signed. After the war was ended and a government 

 was being formed and a constitution adopted, all the colonies 

 were slave owning colonies except that of Massachusetts. 

 Most of the leaders of the new nation, including George 

 Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick 

 Henry and others were slave owners. Because of climatic 

 conditions and Industrial pursuits, slavery was unprofitable 

 in the Northern States and profitable in the Southern States. 

 Both Northern and Southern colonies were equally guilty 

 for the slave Institution in their midst. A number of slave 

 vessels were fitted out by the Northern Colonies and were 

 engaged in bringing slaves from Africa, but not one vessel 

 was fitted out for this purpose by a Southern Colony. In 

 1778 the Colony of Virginia prohibited the further impor- 

 tation of slaves under heavy penalties. Georgia was the 

 first of the states to prohibit the further importation of 

 slaves by statute. Virginia pronounced the importation of 

 slaves as "a trade of great inhumanity." 



After the Revolutionary War was won, the government 

 organized and the constitution adopted, the country began to 

 grow and prosper. Freedom of action was greater than 

 ever before experienced by any people. But the words of 



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