Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings 

• Thomas Jefferson is an essential figure in the decleration of independence and he talked of freedom. Even though the declaration of independence was the groundwork for the new country it did house a contridiction within it. During Thomas Jeffersons personal life with Sally Hemings, he then freed all of her children but he fought for equality for all but at the same time kept many slaves

Philis Wheatly

• The theme of freedom was frequent in her writings but contradictive to her situation. She was a slave and had been one ever since birth or she was born into slavery. She was a very good poet and published a collection of poetry. In her situation she was not free in the least bit like her poems but this brings attention to another contradiction ( kinda like a contradiction within a contradiction), the decleration of independences equality for all claim meanwhile she was a slave since birth a knew no other life.

Abigail Adams 

• Abigail Adams in the wife of John Adams and he was part of writing the Decleration of independance. Abigail sent a letter to Adam about considering women apart of the new world and for women to be equal and for him to not make the same mistakes as his ancestors. This turned out to be a contradiction because the Decleration of independence promised equality for all men but people were slaves and at the same time leaving out women and are denied some rights.