... of racism to justify slavery." This shows that even a man as intelligent and brilliant as Thomas Jefferson was able to fall victim to the evils of slavery. The same famous president who coined the phrase "All men are created equal" still was unable to separate from his peers and stand up against slavery. How could such a freethinking, innovative ... system that comes up again and again. In another example author Patrick Verel talks about Thomas Jefferson's children whom he consummated with one of his slaves. In his article he quotes Annette Gordon-Reed as saying "African-American enslav...

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... man he stood about 6-4, the Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois he worked several jobs like store operator and post master his boss admired him and introduced him around to famous people like Jack Armstrong, they became friends right away and the wrestled and joked together. The people endowed Abraham with a sense of humor, and physical power, which gave him a good ... run for the senate against the democratic Stephen Douglas, Abraham gave his acceptance speech and opposed slavery and people noticed that he was antislavery; here are two of my favorite quotes of Abraham Lincoln, which I...

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