After the tour Mr. Jefferson opened up to answer questions. He was asked about whether his phrase in the Declaration of Independence "all men are created equal" applied to everyone. He pointed to how his first draft (held in his left hand) he referred to African slaves as MEN, capitalizing the word to add emphasis. Unfortunately two states refused to sign on unless that paragraph was removed, so it never made it into the final draft, and few even know of that important paragraph. He described how as a young lawyer in 1770 Jefferson represented a slave arguing for his freedom, saying "Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will." Just six years later, Jefferson would insert this concept in that immortal phrase that continues to inspire us all today.