Jefferson Wartime

discuss the role of jefferson in the wartime debate about slavery.?

Jefferson was morally opposed to slavery. He felt it was evil and wrong. His original draft of the Declaration of Independence condemned it in no uncertain terms. As Governor of Virginia he proposed legislation to abolish it. Despite his moral opposition though, he owned a significant number of slaves. For financial and social reasons, and perhaps due to personal weakness as well, he was never able to free most of his own slaves. Even in his will he could only free one or two due to the fact that the rest were necessary to pay off his debts.

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