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Randolph Jefferson (1774-75); infant son (1777); Mary Jefferson (1778-1804);
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1780-81); Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1782-84).
      Jefferson's reputation began to reach beyond Virginia in 1774, when he
wrote a political pamphlet “A Summary View of the Rights of British America”.
Arguing on the basis of natural rights theory, Jefferson claimed that colonial al-
legiance to the king was voluntary. "The God who gave us life," he wrote, "gave
us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin
them."

      Declaration of Independence
       Elected to the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, Jef-
ferson was appointed on June 11, 1776, to head a committee of five in preparing
the Declaration of Independence. He was its primary author, although his initial
draft was amended after consultation with Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
and altered both stylistically and substantively by Congress. Jefferson's refer-
ence to the voluntary allegiance of colonists to the crown was struck; also de-
leted was a clause that censured the monarchy for imposing slavery upon Amer-
ica.
       Based upon the same natural rights theory contained in “A Summary
View”, to which it bears a strong resemblance, the Declaration of Independence
made Jefferson internationally famous. Years later that fame evoked the jeal-
ousy of John Adams, who complained that the declaration's ideas were "hack-
neyed." Jefferson agreed; he wrote of the declaration: "Neither aiming at origi-
nality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous
writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind."

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                    220 000 pounds for Victim of Police Assault

       A hairdresser won 220 000 pounds damages yesterday after a jury found
that he was assaulted by police and wrongly arrested. This happened after coun-
sel for Din Zung, 32, urged the jury to send a clear message that the public
would no longer stand for "lying, bullying, racism and perjury" by the Metro-
politan Police.
       Central London County Court was told that police went to Mr. Zung's
home over a dispute involving a leaking roof. Mr.Zung was arrested after refus-
ing to allow officers in without a warrant. Akmal Khan, his solicitor, said his
client's arms were twisted behind his back and he was handcuffed. "They
punched and kicked him in the van and he was kicked in the kidneys." Another
policeman used his back as a footstool and the driver turned round and insulted
him verbally saying he had got no more than he deserved. The charge officer
told him, "I've never arrested a Chink before." When he was released at 11 p.m.

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