Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Cool Quote #001a: Thomas Jefferson
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility toward every form of tyranny over the minds of men."
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Jefferson had 187 slaves.
Yes, and although he should have done a lot more to forward the cause of emancipation, at least he helped to put in place a body of laws that led a country mired in the horrible institution of slavery away from that inexcusable condition.
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