Hey Dulani Wilson from London: Without Jefferson's words in The Declaration of Independence, and without his work as ambassador to France, Secretary of State and President, there may not have been a union. Wihout a union there is no civil war. Without a civil war there is no Emancipation Proclamation. Jefferson was also a prime mover behind the Constitutional provision that outlawed the importation of slaves in twenty years' time, which was upheld. Thomas Jefferson probably did more to outlaw slavery than any man in American history. His world "all men are created equal" were consecrated in blood in the American Revolution, and it was only a matter of time before slavery would be struck down for the evil that it was. Get a real education you indoctrinated lib and pompous ass.