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Originally posted by Captain
Remember, these were people who were actively engaged in risking their lives fighting for the principal that all men were endowed by their creator with unalienable rights. That is "all men" not "Americans" or "citizens".
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Nor is it "all white landowners." There was a certain disjunction between theorem and praxis.
That said, I am not convinced that they believed that the rights enshrined in the Constitution were said inalienable rights.
