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To: rustbucket
Jefferson very probably believed that "all men were created equal" should apply to slaves.

There's no evidence of that, or that Jefferson had any real issues with slavery. Had he been pressed the I've no doubt he would have said he was talking about free men and not slaves. And most of the men at Philadelphia then would have agreed with him.

111 posted on 03/11/2010 7:52:10 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
There's no evidence of that, or that Jefferson had any real issues with slavery.

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132 posted on 03/11/2010 10:39:12 AM PST by rustbucket
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