Because I didn't know this and I doubt you did either.

Because I didn't know this and I doubt you did either. Because the words of Thomas Alexandre Dumas prove our nation was not founded one any one religious principle. Because no person is less than another because of circumstance of birth, but by access to and application of knowledge.

Originally shared by James Dubreze

Today - On Dr. King's Day

One of the BLACK Founding Fathers of the United States of America,

Thomas Alexandre Dumas:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

To my knowledge, the term “Endowed by Their Creator” mean to be given the Power to do, whereas the phrase “Unalienable Rights”  signify the Right to live, The Right of a Natural life and the Right of Liberty.

But the term “Their Creator” to me is not synonymous to one God for the simple fact that people have worshiped different Gods throughout the cross of American history. In America the Indians worshiped the sun while others were Christians and Protestants.

However, I believe that we are born equal in terms of natural law, which mean that the environment that we are born under naturally influenced our ability to conform to our society.

And by conform I do not mean force, but instead a natural desire to either be indifferent, reject, follow or lead. Nevertheless, we do not possess the same ability for the very reason that our abilities are determined by our circumstances of life, social reality and privileges and a good education.

Since we're born with different access to opportunities than by definition our social reality cannot be the same. If our abilities are shaped by our consciousness then without equal access to a good education the path to success is limited.

Thomas Alexandre Dumas: 

“Without any income, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas decided to join the French Army in 1786. At the request of his father, he enlisted under his mother's name Marie Dumas, in order to preserve the family's reputation. During the French Revolution Dumas became a devout republican serving in an all-black unit known as “La Légion Américaine.” This dedication helped him being catapulted from the rank of a corporal to that of a general of a division in less than two years.”