Although the free labor system has its faults and disadvantages, like unemployment and the proverty and suffering of the lower class, it gives every man regardless of his race or color of his skin freedom. Something that our four founding fathers deemed important enough to write a separate document to declare it. The Declaration of Independence greatly affected American history. The phrase “all men are created equal” has been used by many groups to justify their cause. Blacks used this statement to challenge slavery in the South. It w ....