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To: BroJoeK
“Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence expression “excited domestic insurrections” does not refer to slave revolts, since there were none, zero, nada slave revolts at that time.”

You state “there were no, zero, nada slave revolts at that time.”

But Jefferson's long paragraph about slavery stated, “he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us . . .”

Let's be clear: you do not have a dispute with me. You have a dispute with Thomas Jefferson.

388 posted on 04/21/2017 10:25:11 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem; HandyDandy
jeffersondem: "But Jefferson's long paragraph about slavery stated, 'he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us . . .'
Let's be clear: you do not have a dispute with me.
You have a dispute with Thomas Jefferson."

The historical fact is there were no slave revolts at that time but there were several "domestic insurrections" of loyalists against patriots.
So Jefferson's claim that "he is now exciting those very people " may have been too much of an exaggeration for inclusion in the Declaration's final version.

That's not BroJoeK with a dispute against Mr. Jefferson, that was his fellow Founders.

393 posted on 04/21/2017 12:49:19 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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