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To: Jamestown1630

Re: 14 - I think it’s fair to say that Jefferson tolerated slavery. Monticello and the United States could not have been sustained without slavery being taken into account.

It is a testament to the Founders that the US overcame slavery.


26 posted on 11/20/2024 6:00:01 PM PST by Fury
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To: Fury

Jefferson was trying to create a union, and a nation based upon a historically revolutionary idea. As much as he despised slavery, he knew that a consensus would have to be achieved first.


27 posted on 11/20/2024 6:03:25 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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