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  2. Thomas Jefferson and slavery - Wikipedia

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    The historian David Brion Davis stated that in the years after 1785 and Jefferson's return from Paris, the most notable thing about his position on slavery was his "immense silence". [54] Davis believed that, in addition to having internal conflicts about slavery, Jefferson wanted to keep his personal situation private; for this reason, he ...

  3. Thomas Jefferson - Wikipedia

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    Many of the enslaved boys became tradesmen. Burwell Colbert, who started his working life as a child in Monticello's Nailery, was later promoted to the supervisory position of butler. [369] Jefferson felt slavery was harmful to both slave and master but had reservations about releasing slaves from captivity, and advocated for gradual emancipation.

  4. Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves - Wikipedia

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    President Thomas Jefferson signed the bill into law on March 2, 1807. [15] Many in Congress believed the act would doom slavery in the South, but they were mistaken. [16] The role of the Navy was expanded to include patrols off the coasts of Cuba and South America.

  5. Thomas Jefferson's enslaved mistress' living quarters found - AOL

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    On a sunny weekday this spring, Monticello tour guide Tom Nash spoke to a group of white tourists and shared stories about slavery on the sprawling Jefferson plantation. "This is a spectacular ...

  6. What does the U.S. Constitution say about slavery? - AOL

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    Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Holmes in 1820, referred to slavery as a “great reproach” and commented on the challenges of ending it, observing that it was gripping a “wolf by the ...

  7. Democratic-Republican Party - Wikipedia

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    Many Southern Democratic-Republicans, especially from the Deep South, defended the institution. Jefferson and many other Democratic-Republicans from Virginia held an ambivalent view on slavery; Jefferson believed it was an immoral institution, but he opposed the immediate emancipation of all slaves on social and economic grounds.

  8. List of presidents of the United States who owned slaves

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    As president, Washington signed a 1789 renewal of the 1787 Northwest Ordinance, which banned slavery north of the Ohio River. This was the first major restriction on the domestic expansion of slavery by the federal government in US history. See George Washington and slavery for more details. 3rd Thomas Jefferson: 200 [2] – 600 + [4] Yes (1801 ...

  9. University of Virginia suspends tours under fire for ... - AOL

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    The University of Virginia suspended a campus tour program that had been criticized for citing school founder Thomas Jefferson's ties to slavery, officials said Friday.

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