Interestingly, inthis passage is Jefferson was trying to blame George III for both slavery & inciting slave revolts: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/slavery-declaration-of-independence-juy-4 …
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Or to put it another way, slavery was wrong but free blacks impossible, so Jefferson's only solution was expulsion of blacks from republic
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Of course even expulsion wouldn't work since economy depended on black labor (both American economy & Jefferson's own wealth).
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@HeerJeet he said this as a slaveowner whose estate sold more than 120 slaves after his death to settle debtshttps://twitter.com/gonzovice/status/617363748114796544 …
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