History of the United States I / Unit 7 USH1 0912 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Jefferson's Contradiction
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The idea
Jefferson enslaved over one hundred people and freed only a few. Historical consensus is that he forced Sally Hemings into a long-term sexual relationship.
In practice
His Notes on the State of Virginia proposing to end slavery while removing Black people from Virginia entirely.
Where people slip
He dismissed Phillis Wheatley, writing that religion had produced a Phillis Wheatley but could not produce a poet.
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