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So well that they didn't want their freedom.
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∙ 7y agoJefferson Davis, his brother Joseph Davis, and most slave owners treated their slaves comparatively well. A slave had a higher standard of living and shorter work hours than the factory workers in the north. The factory workers in the north worked 14 to 16 hours each day, six days a week, for starvation wages. A person might be considered better off as a slave in the south than being factory worker in the north; of course they were still slaves.
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∙ 16y agoIt appears that he fathered a child on at least one (Sally Hemmings). It is unclear how willing or unwilling she was, but she would hardly have been in a position to say no, so by modern standards this could well be viewed as mistreatment.
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∙ 10y agoArguably, he committed treason against the United States by leading a rebellion, though he wrote a dreary book of memoirs that tried to claim otherwise.
As President of the Confederacy, he proved unable to control either his Generals or his cabinet. When he should have been touring the South, giving talks to raise public morale, or visiting his troops in the field, he just stayed at home, issuing appeals for loyalty. And when it came to facing surrender, his character totally failed, and he fled in panic, talking wildly about continuing the struggle from somewhere in the West, when there was no hope of this.
In old age, he was viewed with affection, but never respect.
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∙ 9y agoJefferson Davis was an avid white supremacists and pro slavery supporter. He considered the black slave as inferior beings and as the property of their slave owners. He almost seemed to suggest that slavery was actually an act of kindness, saying the slave owners saw them through infancy to old age and disability and kept them â??comfortable and happyâ??.
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∙ 9y agoJefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate states of America during the American Civil War. He was widely known for his support of slavery and even owned a large cotton plantation with over 100 slaves.
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∙ 11y agohe feel bad because he had slaves wroking for him
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∙ 13y agoSo well that they didn't want their freedom.
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∙ 11y agoYes - so well, they didn't even want their freedom.
That was one reason he was made President - the good face of slave-owning.
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What is Thomas Jefferson's biggest secret?
Thomas Jefferson Biggest secret was that in the Declaration of Independence he wrote"All mens are created equal". But when he wrote that it didn't include the slaves and the womans because Thomas Jefferson Had SLAVES. Meaning it didn't include the African American(slaves).
Who was president when the federal ban on the importation of slaves took effect?
Thomas Jefferson
Why did Thomas Jefferson want to include the passage about condemning slavery in the Declaration of Independence if he was a slaveholder?
Thomas Jefferson was a radical thinker. Indeed, he had slaves, but he knew that since the colonists wanted independence, the slaves would too. He did not think of the slaves as animals, but as people. Yes, he had many of them, but that was the expectation of a wealthier person in that time.
Who were Thomas Jefferson's grandparents?
Thomas Jefferson's father was Peter Jefferson and his grandfather was Thomas Jefferson.
Who was th author of the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
How many slaves were freed in Thomas Jefferson's will?
600 slaves
How did colonial history lead to a concern about protecting citizens rights.?
because Thomas Jefferson liked slaves
Was Thomas Jefferson a good slave owner?
Yes! Thomas Jefferson treated his slaves like they were family.
What is Thomas Jefferson's biggest secret?
Thomas Jefferson Biggest secret was that in the Declaration of Independence he wrote"All mens are created equal". But when he wrote that it didn't include the slaves and the womans because Thomas Jefferson Had SLAVES. Meaning it didn't include the African American(slaves).
Was Thomas Jefferson DNA tested?
Thomas Jefferson's DNA was never testing. It has been alleged that Thomas Jefferson fathered several children from the slaves he owned.
Did Thomas Jefferson stop the importation of slaves when he was the president?
No he did not.
Did Thomas Jefferson free any slaves 400 years ago?
No
Was Thomas Jefferson opposed to slavery as a child?
No he actually had slaves himself.
What happened to Thomas Jefferson's slaves after they were carried off by British troops?
Thomas Jefferson kept meticulous hand-written records. He had 187 slaves. A slave named Sally Hemings and her 5 children were freed by Thomas Jefferson either before his death or in his will. These were almost the only slaves which Thomas Jefferson ever freed and the other slaves were sold shortly after he died in order to provide money to pay off some of Jefferson's outstanding debts.
What did Thomas Jefferson Have to do with slavery?
He wanted to drum out the people who helped slaves get to Canada.
Who was president when the federal ban on the importation of slaves took effect?
Thomas Jefferson
Why was Thomas Jefferson bad?
Much of the criticism Thomas Jefferson receives today is because he did not move to outlaw slavery when he had the opportunity to. He even owned slaves himself.
