Looking back, we realize that the Declaration paid no attention to many colonists. Abigail Adams, wife of delegate John Adams, tried to influence him to include women in the Declaration. It did not happen. Enslaved African Americans also had no rights under the Declaration. Slavery was legal in all colonies in July 1776. The Revolutionary War would not end the battle over slavery, even though New England states moved to end it by the 1780s. Using information from this paragraph, answer the following question:

What two groups had no rights under the Declaration?