Thomas Jefferson was against slavery. Thomas Jefferson the other founding fathers understood that slavery was wrong but they participating slavery because it was a system that they inherited from the generation before. For example Thomas Jefferson stated that his father, Peter Jefferson, had passed away and left him with more than 150 slaves, and he believed that he could not tell them to leave. The reason that he gave for not setting the slaves free was that he wanted to give them the opportunity to survive, he believe their survival depended on him taken care of them in the same way his father took care of them. Another reason is because Jefferson saw the slaves he owned as a community and did not want to separate.
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For example, when Jefferson stated that, he was a benevolent slave owner and his slaves loved him. When he made a comment similar to the previous sentence it bothered me the most because the people that were slaves believe that he was a great person had never had a taste of what real freedom was, and they only appreciated him because many of them probably seen worse, but never got the opportunity to see freedom. The asinine comment comes into play when he stated, that he believed he was keeping them safe, protecting them, and ensuring their survival. I believe if he would have let them be free those people would have found their way to the North, learned to mend to their own land from the experience of being slaves, and would have survived on their own. The excuse of trying to protect them and ensure their survival, I believe, what's to ease his own conscience. Another comment that was me that bother me was Jefferson trying to humanize, as much as possible, a dehumanizing situation. No matter what, you cannot humanize a situation that was purposefully built to dehumanize a group of people. I understand that he was seen as benevolent, but those slaves had no control over what happened to them or their families, how to behave, or simply live. I became in salted on Jefferson began to say that African-Americans were not equal and they were inferior
Yes, he tried to end slavery …show more content…
For example, when Jefferson stated that, he was a benevolent slave owner and his slaves loved him. When he made a comment similar to the previous sentence it bothered me the most because the people that were slaves believe that he was a great person had never had a taste of what real freedom was, and they only appreciated him because many of them probably seen worse, but never got the opportunity to see freedom. The asinine comment comes into play when he stated, that he believed he was keeping them safe, protecting them, and ensuring their survival. I believe if he would have let them be free those people would have found their way to the North, learned to mend to their own land from the experience of being slaves, and would have survived on their own. The excuse of trying to protect them and ensure their survival, I believe, what's to ease his own conscience. Another comment that was me that bother me was Jefferson trying to humanize, as much as possible, a dehumanizing situation. No matter what, you cannot humanize a situation that was purposefully built to dehumanize a group of people. I understand that he was seen as benevolent, but those slaves had no control over what happened to them or their families, how to behave, or simply live. I became in salted on Jefferson began to say that African-Americans were not equal and they were inferior