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Even though Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, this document was edited by Ben Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman. In this meeting slavery was removed. After voting for independence on July 2, 1776, Congress refined and added 39 additional revisions. Patriots started to sign the Declaration of Independence on August 2, 1776. John Hancock was the first to sign and made his signature especially large for the king of England to see.