... unfounded and unfair to Jefferson. He agued that while it is true that Jefferson believed in freedom and equality for all men, that it was understandable why Jefferson could not free his own slaves. One must understand the eighteenth century value system of the southern aristocrat to understand Jefferson. Although Jefferson hated slavery he could not abandon a way of life that ... ...

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... post of Secretary of State, Jefferson accepts and prepares to sail home with his family. However, James and Sally are not prepared to return home. James learns to appreciate being free and persuades Sally that they should stay and not return to slavery in America; slavery was illegal in France. Jefferson persuades them by promising freedom to James, Sally, and her ... ...

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