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xii, 319 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-307) and index. |
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Slavery and the Declaration of Independence -- Slavery and the rights of man -- Slavery and the revolution in Virginia -- Slavery and the ordinance of 1784 -- Slavery and the decline of "Republican virtue" -- Slavery and the Notes on Virginia -- Question of racial inferiority -- Blacks and Indians -- Jefferson and Black intellectuals -- Blacks and agriculture -- Slavery and the moral sense -- Blacks as citizens -- Jefferson as a slavemaster -- Slavery and the treaty of 1783 -- Decline of the antislavery movement -- Jefferson and Gabriel's conspiracy -- Slavery and the Louisiana purchase -- Abolition of the slave trade -- Jefferson and James Callender: the politics of character assassination -- Sally Hemings story -- Jefferson and Maria Cosway -- Jefferson, Mrs. Walker, and the freedom of the press -- Jefferson, John Marshall, and slavery -- Missouri controversy -- Diffusion of slavery -- Missouri compromise -- Slavery and "the illimitable freedom of the human mind" -- "Beyond the reach of mixture" -- Last word from Monticello. |
| Summary |
Examines Thomas Jefferson's attitudes toward slavery--how they affected and were affected by the political and social climate of the times and how they meshed with his general views on agrarianism, property rights, the character of American democracy, etc. |
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with African Americans.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Slavery -- United States.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Views on slavery.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (OCoLC)fst00040754
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Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
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Relations with African Americans. (OCoLC)fst01354226
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Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
0029215005 |
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9780029215005 |
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