tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post1907877983190275614..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Founders Against Slavery, Part DeuxBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-53207660750868671732011-07-01T19:06:26.496-06:002011-07-01T19:06:26.496-06:00Here's that link: http://tinyurl.com/6jpsk2dHere's that link: http://tinyurl.com/6jpsk2dJason Pappashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233796281520274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-63812019640558946762011-07-01T19:01:36.921-06:002011-07-01T19:01:36.921-06:00Great find. Let me add another.
I was just re-rea...Great find. Let me add another.<br /><br />I was just re-reading a 19th century history text--a classic--by John Fiske. Jefferson proposed an Ordinance of 1784 that was the precursor of the Northwest Ordinance (1787). Fiske claims the earlier Ordinance failed because Jefferson was too anti-slavery!<br /><br />“It was not the nomenclature [names of the states] that stood in the way of Jefferson's scheme, but the wholesale way in which he tried to deal with the slavery question. He wished to hem in the probable extension of slavery by an impassable barrier, and accordingly he not only provided that it should be extinguished in the north-western territory after the year 1800, but at the same time his anti-slavery ardor led him to try to extend the national dominion southward. He did his best to persuade the legislature of Virginia to crown its work by giving up Kentucky to the United States, and he urged that North Carolina and Georgia should also cede their western territories.”<br /><br />http://www.kellscraft.com/CriticalPeriodOfAmericanHistory/CriticalPeriodAmericanHistoryCh05.html<br /><br />Unfortunately, today Jefferson’s personal life as a slave owner is used to evade Jefferson’s political life as an advocate for slave limitations and elimination. <br /><br />Nevertheless Jefferson does disappoint at times. The great disappointment with Jefferson on this issue is his backing the extension of slavery in Missouri in 1820. Sadly he failed to exhibit his earlier principled opposition and opted for sectionalism.Jason Pappashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233796281520274898noreply@blogger.com