What did Thomas Jefferson actually mean by "all men are created equal"? Jefferson believed everyone is born with an equal "moral sense"—the basic ability to know right from wrong and do good. Historian Garry Wills and Bill Moyers discuss how the founding father lived with the contradiction of enslaving people he believed were born equal.
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