URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS

Vol. 11 No. 1
Essays

Thomas Jefferson: The Fight Against Slavery

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  • Hannah Brooke Pirzadeh

Published 2017-12-19

Keywords

  • Thomas Jefferson and Slavery

How to Cite

Pirzadeh, H. B. (2017). Thomas Jefferson: The Fight Against Slavery. URJ-UCCS: Undergraduate Research Journal at UCCS, 11(1), 8–27. Retrieved from https://urj.uccs.edu/index.php/urj/article/view/291
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Abstract

Thomas Jefferson's views on slavery were controversial in his time, and often misunderstood in the world today. Jefferson was clear however; he opposed the institution of slavery. Through political documents, decrees, laws, and personal correspondence, he made his opposition to slavery clear.
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