Match the Founder with an example of a contradiction in their life around the concept of freedom.
Sam Adams, politician, signer of
the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, author of the
Declaration of Independence
George Washington, General in
the Continental Army
tried to recapture an enslaved woman
who escaped to New Hampshire
enslaved his own children
failed to defend property rights
of Indigenous people
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Sam Adams was one of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence which called for the fair treatment of people and the protection of their land.

He disregarded these principles when he failed to protect the land rights of Native Americans when he was an influential figure in Massachusetts.

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Thomas Jefferson ⇒author of the

Declaration of Independence

Enslaved his own children

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence which called for people to be free and able to live in liberty.

He clearly did not think enslaved people deserved these rights as he owned about 600 enslaved people throughout his life. He also had an affair with one of his enslaved people and when she gave birth, their children became his enslaved people.

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George Washington ⇒ General in the Continental Army

Tried to recapture an enslaved woman who escaped to New Hampshire

George Washington fought for people to be free of British tyranny yet owned enslaved people and was so bent on keeping them in bondage that he pursued one of his enslaved people named, Ona Judge when she escaped for a better life.

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