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I always use it as it is written in the final document -
Unalienable.
Is there a difference between the two? It does not appear that there is.
Alienable: transferable to another's ownership
Unalienable: Not to be separated, given away, or taken away
Inalienable: That which cannot be transferred to another or others
un- (function: prefix)
1- not : sometimes in words with a meaning positively opposite to that of the base word 2- opposite of : contrary to -- adjectives or participles or nouns
in- (function: prefix)
akin to Old English un-
1- not
In anticipation of a vote for independence, the Continental Congress on June 11 appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston as a committee to draft a declaration of independence. Known as the “Committee of Five”, they then delegated Thomas Jefferson to undertake the task. Jefferson worked diligently in private for days to compose the document. He then made a clean or "fair" copy of the composition declaration, which became the foundation of the document, labeled by Jefferson as the "original Rough draught." Revised first by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, and then by the full committee, a total of forty-seven alterations including the insertion of three complete paragraphs was made on the text before it was presented to Congress on June 28. Congress then continued to refine the document, making thirty-nine additional revisions to the committee draft before its final adoption on the morning of July 4.
The original version as written by Jefferson no longer exists but has been reconstructed from various copies that do exist as follows with regards to the topic:
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are created equal and independent; that from that equal creation they derive in rights inherent and inalienables, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness; . . .".
In the Adams copy, written sometime between June 11 and June 28, in Adams handwriting we have the following:
"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal and independent; that from that equal creation they derive in rights inherent and unalienables, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty and the pursuit of happiness; . . .".
Sometime later, but before being submitted to Congress, the phrase was changed to the following:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness; . . .".
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