[Truthsearcher]

Jefferson's America, is that the one that believes in the liberty of all people, or one that was okay with the enslavement of some by others?

If it's the former, than it didn't exist before Lincoln either, and Lincoln probably brought America closer to Jefferson's vision.

If it's the latter, then I do not mourn its death.

[Cold Heat]

If it's the latter, then I do not mourn its death.

You cannot revise history. It is what it is, and slavery was a accepted practice. It was practiced in the North as well.(just more need in the south, not more acceptance of the policy)

Northern slaves did domestic work, black slaves as well as white indentured servants.

It is what it is.

[ml/nj]

Lincoln probably brought America closer to Jefferson's vision.

Saying it doesn't make it so. Read the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions which Jefferson and Madison probably wrote, and certainly agreed with. Then come up with a single Lincoln action post 1860 that is consistent with these resolutions, or refrain from making similar assertions in the future.

ML/NJ