Nos igitur, Repraesentantes Civitatum Foederatarum Americae, in Conventu Generali congregati, appellationem ad Deum supremum, testem sinceritatis nostrae, facientes, auctoritate boni populi harum Colonarum, sollemniter promulgamus ac declaramus:
Has Foederatas Colonias esse et iure debere esse Libres et Independentes Civitates; ab omni fidelitate erga Coronam Britannicam absolutas; omneque inter eas et Regnum Britannicum politicum vinculum dissolutum.
@BBHerodotus I was passing through and had a brief stay - was there Friday night and left Saturday morning. It's an amazing place and hope to get the chance to go back sooner rather than later.
@MikedAlamo@JohnHMcWhorter Rattlesnakes lack moral agency and don't have desires & preferences. Comparing them to people, black or white, isn't an apt comparison.