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Jefferson wrote that maintaining slavery was like holding “a wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go.” 17 He thought that his cherished federal union, the world’s first democratic experiment, would be destroyed by slavery.
- The Business of Slavery at Monticello
Although Jefferson maintained that he had “scruples against...
- The Practice of Slavery at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson owned plantations and held property in...
- Notes on The State of Virginia
^ Peterson, “Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of...
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931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Charlottesville, VA 22902...
- William Short
Unlike his more illustrious contemporaries James Madison and...
- The Statute for Religious Freedom
Multimedia resources present Thomas Jefferson’s religious...
- The Business of Slavery at Monticello
Jefferson freed two slaves while he lived, and five others were freed after his death, including two of his children from his relationship with his slave (and sister-in-law) Sally Hemings. His other two children with Hemings were allowed to escape without pursuit.
11 paź 2024 · His two most practical proposals came in the early 1780s: a gradual emancipation scheme by which all enslaved people born after 1800 would be freed and their owners compensated, and a prohibition of slavery in all the territories of the West as a condition for admission to the Union.
29 cze 2020 · Writing of Declaration of Independence. So while Jefferson is credited with infusing the Declaration with Enlightenment -derived ideals of freedom and equality, the nation’s founding...
Explore Thomas Jefferson’s attitude towards slavery, the practice of slavery at Monticello, and Jefferson’s relationship with enslaved Sally Hemings.
What were the contradictions between the principles of freedom enshrined in documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the realities of chattel slavery? How did efforts to end American participation in the international slave trade affect individuals during Jefferson’s presidency?
Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration and called slavery an “abominable crime,” yet he was a lifelong slaveholder. Fearful of dividing the fragile new nation, Jefferson and other founders who opposed slavery did not insist on abolishing it.
