  * Of course, contrary to modern spin, the all men quoted wasn't referring to all men, in the universal sense, but all men of a certain type (eg. of White European origin).  What some people these days seem to forget..is that the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution only applied to U.S. citizens .... and U.S. immigration and naturalization laws stated very clearly that only free WHITE men of good moral standing were eligible for U.S. citizenship, no exceptions. It stayed like that until after the War Between the States when Blacks were granted SECOND CLASS (but still not full) citizenship. People also forget that in those days Blacks weren't even really considered by most Whites to be real men, most considered them to be some sort of half child/half beast, Jefferson himself was a slave owner...As he sat there writing the words all men are created equal he had Blacks out in the fields working as human livestock....... he believed in White supremacy just as did 99.9% of all White people at that time.