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Which statement best characterizes how goerge washington and thomas jefferson viewed the issue of slavery?
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they wanted to end slavery
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What statement best characterizes the Republican Party in the 1950s?
the republicans did not favor slavery
What was ironic about President Jefferson's official statement condemning slavery in the US?
President Jefferson did not free his slaves and owned a good number of them when he issued his statement condemning slavery. Unfortunately Jefferson's increasing financial problems and the hardening of his Virginia neighbors against manumission of slaves, forced him to keep his slaves. This in no way detracts his official presidential position on slavery.
What statement best summarizes Thomas Jefferson's views on the Enlightenment and slavery?
Jefferson support Enlightenment principles but continued to own slaves.
What if the Declaration of Independence had condemned slavery?
Yes the course of American history would have changed significantly if the declaration OF independence had included Jefferson's statement. Slavery would have ended earlier and people wouldn't have to suffer. I honestly think people life would have been much better, if they included slavery or put an end to it at that time. It might have changed America in so many ways. Thomas Jefferson Statement was to end slavery bat some states didn't agree with him, because they lived on slavery.
What African American mathematician and astronomer helped to survey Washington DC for his corospondence with Jefferson regarding morality and slavery?
Benjamin Banneker
This African americcan mathematican and astronomer helped to survey Washington dc and is noted for his correspondence with Jefferson regarding the mortality of slavery?
Benjamin Banneker.
This African American mathematician and astronomer helped to survey Washington DC and is noted for his correspondence wth Jefferson regarding the morality of slavery?
D'John James
Why did Jefferson's actions fail?
slavery
Did slavery end with Thomas Jefferson?
No, slavery did not end with Thomas Jefferson. While Jefferson did publicly express his opposition to slavery, he did not take significant actions to abolish the institution during his presidency. Slavery persisted in the United States until the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, which formally abolished slavery.
What most accurately characterizes slavery in the Chesapeake by the eighteenth century?
Most slaves were born in North America
What US president gave the first official condemnation of slavery?
In March of 1807, President Jefferson issued a written statement roundly condemning the institution of slavery in the US. He was the first sitting president to do so before President Abraham Lincoln's time.
Law that Thomas Jefferson wanted?
the law thomas Jefferson wanted was the one that would stop slavery the law thomas Jefferson wanted was the one that would stop slavery
