We Take these Truths to be Self Evident, that all White Men are created equal

My understanding is that Jeffersons believed slavery was wrong but did not think immediate general emancipation was practical. He was in such deep debt that he believed that he could not afford to free all his slaves.

I think he had a sexual relationship with Sally. We have no way of knowing whether she regarded him as a cruel rapist or the love of her life or had some more ambiguous view.

I wish to believe that he felt she had good feelings for him.
 
The first thing everybody would need is some kind of legal definition of "white." Even at this early stage, there was mixing."

You might end up with something similar to what the spanish did with the various categories of "Mulato, Quadroon, Octoroon, etc...." depending on how many parents of each type the person had. At the very, least you probably would have an hypodescent view of the matter so that even one parent of another "race" (no necessarily just blacks but also amerindians or asians) would disqualify you as "white".
 

Anaxagoras

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There's a thread ongoing in Chat about the Jefferson-Hemings discussions. I think it's a more appropriate venue.
 
The guys who wrote Christian Gospels meant that 'all men' were created equal by the God (sorry I don't remember the exact wording.)

The term does not appear in the Bible. The concept does, but in the Epistles, not the Gospels.


"For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him...." Romans 10:12


"For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit." 1 Corinthians 12:13


"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28


[FONT=&quot]"...a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all." Colossians 3:11
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