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to have the freedom to think for themselves and act in a way that benefits them. However, this was at a time where slavery still existed. As a result, philosophers, such as Voltaire, began researching the state of nature for humans in order to prove that slavery wasn't going against the views of the Enlightenment. Voltaire wrote that the differences between Black and White people were a result of natural hierarchy. He wrote that White people "are superior to Negroes, just like Negroes are superior to monkeys,

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