Throughout history the united states has had many encounters and conflicts with humans that are of colored skin. It started when English men started transporting african american from Africa to the “New world” ( United States) and forced african americans to do slave work and treated them unequally . This type of racist behavior continued throughout most of americas existence. It was not until today where everyone is seen equally as everyone, however, sometimes racism still happens today. Some U.S. presidents in the past were slavery owners such as George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson. However Thomas Jefferson stood out the most than all the other presidents that were slave owners. Is it fair to say that Thomas Jefferson did not agree with the idea of slavery, and he tried to end slavery, yet he was a slave owner.
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to make it a better country, such as the primary father of the Declaration of independence and founder of the University of Virginia along with other great achievements. However, there was one thing that Thomas Jefferson that frustrated everyone and that was owning slaves. Yes owning slaves back then was norm but what made Jefferson stand out was that he was one of the primary authors of the declaration of indolence where he specifically wrote “All men are created equal.” Were African American not considered human? Sadly to say America at least in the south only thought African American as 3/5 human. Is that why Thomas Jefferson said all men are created equal? Because he knew that african american were not considered human beings. However, according to the text Thomas Jefferson realized that slavery violated the Declaration of Independence (VOF 132). Yet again he was violating his own work by owning hundreds of
to make it a better country, such as the primary father of the Declaration of independence and founder of the University of Virginia along with other great achievements. However, there was one thing that Thomas Jefferson that frustrated everyone and that was owning slaves. Yes owning slaves back then was norm but what made Jefferson stand out was that he was one of the primary authors of the declaration of indolence where he specifically wrote “All men are created equal.” Were African American not considered human? Sadly to say America at least in the south only thought African American as 3/5 human. Is that why Thomas Jefferson said all men are created equal? Because he knew that african american were not considered human beings. However, according to the text Thomas Jefferson realized that slavery violated the Declaration of Independence (VOF 132). Yet again he was violating his own work by owning hundreds of