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This 3 page report discusses the great American,
Thomas Jefferson, and the fact that he was a slaveowner. Ironically, Jefferson also
claimed that the only reason that he was willing or able to "keep" slaves was because he
feared that emancipation would ultimately lead to a race war. Nonetheless, his own
lifestyle was dependent on his slave holdings and he wrote of the many reasons he found
Africans to be inferior. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWtjslav.rtf
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declarations regarding the rights of the individual, Thomas Jefferson and his legacy have been tarnished by his legacy as a slave-owner. And yet, there is also the many stories, now
substantiated, of his relationship with Sally Hemming, his slave, and their children. What is often forgotten is that Jefferson was a man of his times and regardless of how his
personal feelings guided him, he was also a part of the "ruling" aristocracy of the nascent United States. Furthermore, and despite the fact that Jefferson proclaimed that slavery was
wrong, the simple fact remained that he owned hundreds of slaves and only actually freed two in his entire lifetime. Ironically, Jefferson also claimed that the only reason that he
was willing or able to "keep" slaves was because he feared that emancipation would ultimately lead to a race war. Nonetheless, his own lifestyle was dependent on his slave holdings.
And yet, he could not have been the "gentleman farmer" or the "revolutionary" that history has remembered him as having been. "All Men Are Created Equal" Despite the noble intent
of one of Jeffersons most famous statements that: "All men are created equal," the simple fact remains that he was still a slave owner. Regardless of his commitment to
democracy, such commitment did not extend to include slaves in that process. Valiunas (2002) points out that Jefferson was a part of the State of Virginias aristocracy in
terms of his leadership, intellect, and family background. Valiunas also makes note of the fact that: "Jefferson came into a hefty inheritance in human flesh and blood. His father left
him 52 slaves, and his father-in-law, John Wayles, left him 135 more, ranking him second among slave masters in Albemarle County" (pp. 39). Furthermore, Valiunas explains that Jefferson did not
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