Benjamin Benneker's letter was trying to persuade Thomas Jefferson to end slavery by saying that all of God's creatures were created equally. Plus he wanted the same freedom as the white people had, he just wanted everything to be equal and fair Benjamin Benneker was writing about. The first ten amendments were made, but slavery was also happening. He was writing about slavery and how all God's creatures were made equal, during Benjamins letter he talks about how he has seen the horrors of slavery, in paragraph 1 he talks about the greatness of freedom and how he just wants to be equal“We hold these truths to be Self evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” I can infer that he just wants to be free…show more content… In paragraph 5, Benjamin talks about the horrors he has seen during slavery and that this will be remembered for all ages. “I am fully sensible of the greatness of that freedom which I take with you on the present occasion; a liberty which Seemed to me scarcely allowable, when I reflected on that distinguished, and dignified station in which you Stand; and the almost general prejudice and prepossession which is so prevalent in the world against those of my complexion.” (Benneker 1) “This Sir, was a time in which you clearly saw into the injustice of a State of Slavery, and in which you had just apprehensions of the horrors of its condition, it was was so excited, that you publicly held forth this true and invaluable doctrine, which is worthy to be recorded and remember’d in all Succeeding ages.” (Benneker 5). His quote suggested that most of his life has been unfair. This is important because it led to racism and segregation, and he is sensible that he should be able to be free and have the same freedom as the people controlling
