Why did the Northern delegates allow the removal from the Declaration of Independence a passage referring to the slave trade as a "cruel war against human nature"?

They supported the slave trade.

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They were slave owners from large plantations.

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They did not like the implication that they were slaves of the king of Great Britain.

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They thought the Southerners would not vote for independence if that passage was not removed.

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They did not believe that this was the right time to free the slaves.

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The correct option is D They thought the Southerners would not vote for independence if that passage was not removed.
The Northern delegates allow the removal from the Declaration of Independence a passage referring to the slave trade as a "cruel war against human nature" because they thought the Southerners would not vote for independence if that passage was not removed.

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