{"id":1481,"date":"1832-02-25T13:00:14","date_gmt":"1832-02-25T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2014-01-25T22:16:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T22:16:31","slug":"on-jefferson-and-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/on-jefferson-and-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"On Jefferson and Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Here are portions of\u00a0a letter by Thomas Jefferson, which was read in the Virginia Legislature by T. J. Randolph, grandson of Jefferson, who claimed that the letter &#8220;furnished new evidence that its distinquished author contemplated and advocated the ultimate overthrow of the (slavery) system&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The letter is here copied from the <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Portland Advertiser<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, never before published.\u00a0 The editor of the <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Advertiser<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> states that there are three &#8220;capital errors&#8221; in the letter and in Jefferson&#8217;s thought.\u00a0 1. Jefferson wants emancipation for those born after a certain date, but &#8220;gives over the parents of these children to remedieless bondage&#8221;,\u00a0 2. His plan is to expatriate as fast as we emancipate the slaves, which would tend to &#8220;impoverish the south by withdrawing an able-bodied and really valuable population,\u00a0and cannot be consumated without great injustice and expense&#8221;.\u00a0 3. He objects to immediate emancipation, &#8220;thereby disregarding the immutable principles of justice which admit of no compromise with fraud and cruelty&#8230;. if Jefferson had manumitted his own slves for conscience sake, what an all-conquering influence must have ever attended his illustrious example.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are portions of\u00a0a letter by Thomas Jefferson, which was read in the Virginia Legislature by T. J. 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