Thomas Jefferson's controversial relationship with slavery, explained in the context of his time.
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0:00 Intro
02:00 The Enlightenment
05:05 The End Of Slavery?
08:26 The Defense Of Slavery
17:44 Emancipation Plans
25:26 Jefferson As A Slaveholder
29:28 Conclusion
Sources:
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - David Hume
Two Treatises Of Government - John Locke
What Is Enlightenment? - Immanuel Kant
Empire Of Liberty - Gordon Wood
Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic - Gary Kornblith
Notes On The State Of Virginia - Thomas Jefferson
Farm Book - Thomas Jefferson
Wolf By The Ears - John Chester Miller
Appeal - David Walker
Jefferson - John Boles
The Rise Of American Democracy - Sean Wilentz
The Hemingses Of Monticello - Annette Gordon-Reed
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution - Bernard Bailyn
Memoirs Of A Monticello Slave - Isaac Jefferson
Democracy In America - Alexis De Tocqueville
Those Who Labor For My Happiness - Lucia Stanton
Inhuman Bondage - David Davis
25 июн 2024