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No, not at all.

The Declaration of Independence on declared it was free from Britain. It actually avoids the subject of women and slaves.

The emancipation proclamation is what really starts their road to their independence.

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No. It would take almost 100 years after the Declaration was signed before slavery was abolished.

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Absolutely not.

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