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Anti-Federalist Bill Constitutional Declaration George Mason Legislature Rights abolition against basic jury owned press slavery tolerance trade
was born in Virginia in 1725. He was a member of the Virginia
and wrote the Virginia Declaration of
which greatly influenced [Thomas Jefferson] when he wrote the
of Independence and James Madison when he wrote the U.S.
of Rights. He was a delegate to the
Convention in 1787 but did not sign the Constitution. He became an
and worked
ratification of the U.S. Constitution. He believed in
American liberties such as freedom of the
, religious
and the right to a trial by
. Mason also saw
as an evil that could eventually “poison” the country, even though he
slaves himself. He favored abolition of the slave
, but not complete
of slavery at this time.
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