Thomas Jefferson And The Fight Against Slavery
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Thomas Jefferson And The Fight Against Slavery
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Author : Cara Rogers Stevens
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2024-01-29
Thomas Jefferson And The Fight Against Slavery written by Cara Rogers Stevens and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-29 with History categories.
In this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers Stevens examines the fascinating life of Thomas Jefferson’s book, Notes on the State of Virginia, from its innocuous composition in the early 1780s to its use as a political weapon by both pro- and antislavery forces in the early nineteenth century. Initially written as a brief statistical introduction to Virginia for French readers, Jefferson’s book evolved to become his comprehensive statement on almost all facets of the state’s natural and political realms. As part of an antislavery education strategy, Jefferson also decided to include a treatise on the nature of racial difference, as well as a manifesto on the corrupting power of slavery in a republic and a plan for emancipation and colonization. In consequence, his book—for better or worse—defined the boundaries of future debates over the place of African-descended people in American society. Although historians have rightly criticized Jefferson for his racism and failure to free his own slaves, his antislavery intentions for the Notes have received only cursory notice, partly because the original manuscript was not available for detailed examination until recently. By analyzing Jefferson’s complex revision process, Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery traces the evolution of Jefferson’s views on race and slavery as he considered how best to persuade younger slaveholders to embrace emancipation. Rogers Stevens then moves beyond Jefferson to examine contemporary responses to the Notes from white and black intellectuals and politicians, concluding with an attempt by Jefferson’s grandson to implement elements of the Notes’s emancipation plan during Virginia’s 1831–1832 slavery debates.
These People Are To Be Free
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Author : Cara J. Rogers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
These People Are To Be Free written by Cara J. Rogers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Antislavery movements categories.
"In this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers examines the fascinating early life of Thomas Jefferson's book, Notes on the State of Virginia, from its innocuous composition in the early 1780s to its appropriation as a political weapon by both pro- and antislavery forces in the early nineteenth century. Initially written as a statistical introduction to Virginia for French readers, Jefferson's book evolved into an intellectual tour de force that covered almost all facets of the state's natural and political realms. As part of an antislavery education strategy, Jefferson also decided to include a treatise on the nature of racial difference, as well as a manifesto on the corrupting power of slavery in a republic and a plan for emancipation and colonization. In consequence, his book--for better or worse--defined the boundaries of future debates over the place of Black people in American society. Although historians have rightly criticized Jefferson for his racism and failure to free his own slaves, his antislavery intentions for the Notes have received only cursory notice, partly because the original manuscript was not available for detailed examination until recently. By analyzing Jefferson's complex revision process, this book traces the ways his views on race and slavery evolved as he considered how best to persuade younger slaveholders to embrace emancipation. It then moves beyond Jefferson to examine contemporary responses to the Notes from white and Black intellectuals and politicians, concluding with an attempt by Jefferson's grandson to implement elements of the Notes's emancipation plan during Virginia's 1831-1832 slavery debates"--
Thomas Jefferson And Slavery
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008-11-21
Thomas Jefferson And Slavery written by and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-21 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Fachbereich Angewandte Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft in Germersheim), course: ‘Democratic Vistas’ in American Cultural History, language: English, abstract: Thomas Jefferson can be considered as one of the most important Presidents of the United States of America. He was born in 1743 in Virginia and after having been enrolled in The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, he started his political career at the end of the 1760s. In 1769, Jefferson was elected as a legislator. In 1775, he was one of the delegates at the second Continental Congress. Four years later, Jefferson became Governor of Virginia. In 1797, he was elected Vice-President and in 1801, he finally became the third President of the United States of America (Dumbauld XI-XVI). Jefferson was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He lived during the time of revolution and American efforts to reach independence from Great Britain and to establish democracy in the United States. During his life, he published many writings on democracy, liberty, and equality. “The central feature of Jefferson’s political creed was his concern for human freedom.” (qtd. in Dumbauld IX). In 1774, he wrote his first published work A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Two years later, he became famous for writing the main part of the Declaration of Independence. Furthermore, he published the book Notes on the State of Virginia and during his presidency, his First Inaugural Address was very important. In all these writings, Jefferson emphasized democracy, liberty and equality, but he had many problems realizing his concepts, especially with regard to slavery, which became a fundamental problem for Jefferson and in the United States of America in general. In the following work, Jefferson’s above mentioned writings will be analyzed with regard to slavery and the inconsistency in his writings about the issue of slavery will be demonstrated. Furthermore, his personal behavior towards bondage will be presented by analyzing some family letters.
The Transformation Of Thomas Jefferson
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Author : George Coussoulos
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-04-22
The Transformation Of Thomas Jefferson written by George Coussoulos and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with History categories.
The Transformation of Thomas Jefferson: The Dilemma of Slavery A Speculative FictionThomas Jefferson spoke out against slavery in no uncertain terms. He considered it contrary to the laws of nature that decreed everyone had a right to personal liberty. He called the institution an "abominable crime," an “assemblage of horrors,” a "moral depravity," a "hideous blot," and a "fatal stain." Early in his political career Jefferson took actions that he hoped would end in slavery's abolition. In his 1776 draft of Virginia Constitution he wrote "No person hereafter coming into this country shall be held within the same in slavery under any pretext whatever.” He further advocated a plan of gradual emancipation, by which all born into slavery after a certain date would be declared free. In 1784 he proposed an ordinance banning slavery in the new territories of the Northwest. This act in itself could have set the precedent for all future territories but it failed to pass in Congress by one single vote. If Jefferson had died in 1785, he would be remembered as an antislavery hero, as one of the first pivotal figures to advocate specific measures for eradicating slavery. After that time, however, Jefferson made no public statements on American slavery nor did he take any significant public action to change the course of his state or his nation – or of his own slavery dependant lifestyle.Countless articles and scores of books have been written trying to explain the inconsistencies between Jefferson's words and actions in regard to slavery. We know that during his 83 years he took no action that altered the institution. Yet one cannot help but wonder - what if? What if the great man had altered the course of his life? What if Thomas Jefferson had become an advocate for the free men and women of color who populated the southern states in the first quarter of the nineteenth century? What if he had first-hand knowledge of the accomplishments and economic successes of scores of free blacks? What if the race of people whose intelligence and ambition he had questioned were shown in successful commercial enterprises in existing free black communities? What if a person he highly respected had influenced Jefferson to become involved with advocacy for these free people of color, and further demonstrated viable plans for eradicating slavery itself? Might the course of history have been changed if the spirit of Jefferson's most famous words, “all men are created equal” had been transformed into sponsorship and action? Could the aura and influence of a transformed Jefferson be persuasive enough to influence the nation's other nineteenth century leaders? Could solutions be found to impact the divergent views and animosities of northern abolitionists and southern apologists? Ultimately, could a path toward the demise of slavery become a reality during Jefferson's lifetime? And could such efforts preclude the inevitability of a cataclysmic civil war?Of course, a story based on these “what ifs” is but speculative fiction. And as a work of fiction what is its intent? Is it a reaction to 21st century critique that lowers the pedestals of founding fathers who are seen as hypocrites for their ownership of slaves? Is there an attempt to gloss over the tragedy and inhumanity of slavery in order to justify monuments made to mere mortals? Or does the fiction create an appreciation for the rhythms and realities of the19th century? If the book is compelling enough to cause the reader pause in considering any of these questions, it will meet its intended purpose.
Was Thomas Jefferson An Authentic Enemy Of Slavery
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Author : David Brion Davis
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1970
Was Thomas Jefferson An Authentic Enemy Of Slavery written by David Brion Davis and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Crusade Against Slavery
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Author : Kurt E. Leichtle
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2011-05-18
Crusade Against Slavery written by Kurt E. Leichtle and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-18 with History categories.
Edward Coles was a wealthy heir to a central Virginia plantation, an ardent emancipator, the second governor of Illinois, the loyal personal secretary to President James Madison, and a close antislavery associate of Thomas Jefferson. Yet never before has a full-length book detailed his remarkable life story and his role in the struggle to free all slaves. In Crusade Against Slavery, Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth correct this oversight with the first modern and complete biography of a unique but little-known and quietly influential figure in American history. Rejecting slavery from a young age, Coles's early wishes to free his family's slaves initially were stymied by legal, practical, and family barriers. Instead he went to Washington, D.C., where his work in the White House was a life-changing blend of social glitter, secretarial drudge, and distasteful political patronage. Returning home, he researched places where he could live out his ideals. After considerable planning and preparation, he left his family's Virginia tobacco plantation in 1819 and started the long trip west to Edwardsville, Illinois, pausing along the Ohio River on an emotional April morning to free his slaves and offer each family 160 acres of Illinois land of their own. Some continued to work for Coles, while others were left to find work for themselves. This book revisits the lives of the slaves Coles freed, including a noted preacher and contributor to the founding of what is now the second-oldest black Baptist organization in America. Crusade Against Slavery details Coles's struggles with frontier life and his surprise run and election to the office of Illinois governor as well as his continuing antislavery activities. At great personal cost, he led the effort to block a constitutional convention that would have legalized slavery in the state, which resulted in an acrimonious civil suit brought on by his political enemies, who claimed he violated the law by not issuing a bond of emancipation for his slaves. Although initially convicted by a partisan jury, Coles was vindicated when the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the lower courts. Through the story of Coles's moral and legal battles against slavery, Leichtle and Carveth unearth new perspectives on an institution that was on unsure footing yet strongly ingrained in the business interests at the economic base of the fledgling state. In 1831, after less than a decade in Illinois-and after losing a bid for Congress-Coles left for Philadelphia, where he remained in correspondence with Madison about the issue of slavery. Drawing on previous incomplete treatments of Coles's life, including his own short memoir, Crusade Against Slavery includes the first published analysis of Madison's failure to free his slaves despite his plans to do so through his will and a fascinating exploration of Coles's struggle to understand Madison's inability to live up to the ideals both men shared.
Rightful Liberty
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Author : Arthur Scherr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-11
Rightful Liberty written by Arthur Scherr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11 with History categories.
Jefferson's moral and political thought are more complex than they appear at first glance, consisting of two Jeffersons, and evolving from a natural law, universal Enlightenment ethos to a more cultural relativist perspective. RIGHTFUL LIBERTY explores themes and events overlooked by other Jefferson experts, such as his response to the English abolitionist Thomas Branagan; the formative influence of Montesquieu on the young Jefferson's opposition to slavery; a comparison of his attitudes to slavery and abolition with those of Edward Coles; his relationships with Black slaves and freedmen other than those of the well-known Hemings family; and a more nuanced perspective on his view of the Missouri Compromises of 1820 and 1821 than is found elsewhere. As speculations about Jefferson's personal life, often based on little evidence prevail, this volume examines him from a more wide-ranging perspective, discerning his moral, political, and religious thought in relation to his actions.
Negro President
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Author : Garry Wills
language : en
Publisher: Large Print Press
Release Date : 2004-03
Negro President written by Garry Wills and has been published by Large Print Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Large type books categories.
In "Negro President," the best-selling historian Garry Wills explores a controversial and neglected aspect of Thomas Jefferson's presidency: it was achieved by virtue of slave "representation," and conducted to preserve that advantage. Wills goes far beyond the recent revisionist debate over Jefferson's own slaves and his relationship with Sally Heming to look at the political relationship between the president and slavery. Jefferson won the election of 1800 with Electoral College votes derived from the three-fifths representation of slaves, who could not vote but who were partially counted as citizens. That count was known as "the slave power" granted to southern states, and it made some Federalists call Jefferson the Negro President -- one elected only by the slave count's margin. Probing the heart of Jefferson's presidency, Wills reveals how the might of the slave states was a concern behind Jefferson's most important decisions and policies, including his strategy to expand the nation west. But the president met with resistance: Timothy Pickering, now largely forgotten, was elected to Congress to wage a fight against Jefferson and the institutions that supported him. Wills restores Pickering and his allies' dramatic struggle to our understanding of Jefferson and the creation of the new nation. In "Negro President," Wills offers a bold rethinking of one of American history's greatest icons.
Thomas Jefferson And Slavery Was He Really An Opponent Of The Institution
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Author : Franziska Massner
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008
Thomas Jefferson And Slavery Was He Really An Opponent Of The Institution written by Franziska Massner and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, University of Potsdam, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction "We hold these truth to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [...]" These are the words Thomas Jefferson became famous for. For many people he is the father of liberty in the United States. What most people forget is that at Jefferson ́s time "all" meant only the white society. His words did not include blacks. The man who proclaimed liberty already possessed over 150 slaves when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Throughout his life he always condemned slavery in theory, but in practice he died as a slaveowner, having done nothing to ensure the right of liberty to them. Jefferson ́s ideas about slavery were complex and ambiguous. On the one hand, his words were those of an abolitionist who would do everything to end slavery. On the other hand, he was only an ordinary slaveowner who bought and sold slaves and never tried to end slavery seriously. In fact, Jefferson did many things for his country people rightly admire him for. He helped to create and build the United States and used his political power to establish democracy and freedom among his people. But when it comes to slavery, there is nothing really to admire about Jefferson. He proposed liberty, but stayed a slaveowner during his life. This paper will deal with Thomas Jefferson ́s attitude towards slavery. It will show that he never really acted on his words and try to explain the reasons for his inactivity. Therefore it is necessary to speak about the economic and political background of Jefferson ́s time as well as his attitude towards blacks as a race first. The second part will show why Jefferson condemned slavery theoretically and for what reasons
Was Thomas Jefferson An Authentic Enemy Of Slavery
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Author : David Brion Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Was Thomas Jefferson An Authentic Enemy Of Slavery written by David Brion Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Slavery categories.