In this "Declaration", Thomas Jefferson is saying that the people of America are separating from England. In this letter he sends he does not simply address England, but he makes it seem that it is a general case. He does this in order to separate from England and gain support from other nations at the same time that he separates from England. He does this so that America will have a fighting chance in case England chooses to go to war with the newly independent colonies.
This way of writing is similar to the way the captivity narratives were written. In which the authors would state something only to recant that statement by weakening it in some form. Thomas Jefferson is doing a very serious thing in this but he makes it "weaker" by making it a general case and not just based around the case they were dealing with.
Why did people write such bold things, and then continue to try and hide them behind weaker writings?
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