Was Thomas Jefferson committed to ending slavery?

Question

Im doing a paper for school on whether or not thomas Jefferson was committed to ending slavery. I have chosen to say that he was not for the challenge anyone know of any good websites or books that i could look into for information?

Answer 1

Actually yes, he was, even though he owned hundreds of slaves himself. Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence. In his original draft he included a passage about slavery, which was replaced with "all men are created equal", he had wanted to include that slavery should be abolished. He was outvoted and the change was made. But Jefferson was a forward thinking man and knew the republic, especially one founded on personal liberties, could not tolerate slavery for generations to come. He was a farmer, among other things, and although he abhored the practice he also relied upon it as did so many others. But that was his present, he did not want it to become a part of our present as well.

You may want to try wikipedia.com or history.com, both have excellent content and plenty of links to other articles and essays.

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence.

Besides serving two terms as president, Jefferson served as vice-president, secretary of state, minister to France, congressman, governor of Virginia; he also founded the University of Virginia and served as president of the American Philosophical Society.

For all that, Jefferson is best remembered as a champion of human rights and the lead draftsman of the Declaration of Independence.

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Answer 3

His belief was the same as the famous Southern editor:

It's wal enough against a king to draw resolves and triggers,
But libbaty's the kinda thing that don't agree with *******.

Especially after the Haitian revolution.

Answer 4

I would say he had a double standard; he would come openly and say he wanted to end slavery when in fact he had a ton of slaves, and he also hooked up with one of the slaves and had a kid with her

Answer 5

He really was not. He even owned several slaves. Use serfnet.com for historical information, it is very helpful.

Answer 6

You could try your local library and if their are any local colleges see if you could use their facilityes, but i deny him being commited since he owned slaves of his own.

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

yes, there's loads on the net

Answer 9

cuz hes a big fart who doesnt stop writing