About Jefferson's saying all men are created equal: Jefferson was writing the Declaration because the government was passing laws that treated British-American citizens differently from British citizens "at Home," and the courts were treating them differently too. Thus Jefferson was appealing for equality under the law for both groups ofcitizens, the Britishcitizens at home and the Britishcitizens in America. Slaves were not citizens.
I refer you to two resources that will help you answer your question. Ask your school's librarian if they can be borrowed or photocopied from a near-by university library.
Armitage, David. 2007. "The World in the Declaration of Independence," pages 25-62 in The Declaration of Independence: A Global History. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press.
Sheldon, Garrett Ward. 2002. "The Political Theory of the Declaration of Independence" in Scott Douglas Gerber, ed., The Declaration of Independence: Origins and Impact. Washington: CQ Press, 14-28.
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