Notes on the state of Virginia
by Thomas Jefferson, Logan, James · first published 1784
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A request in 1780 by the French legation to the United States to learn more about the newly formed thirteen states of America stimulated in Jefferson, as he later described it, a "mysterious obligation for making me much better acquainted with my own country than I ever was before." Written during his first term as governor of Virginia, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles V
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…territory - President Jefferson abolished the slave trade - He made an important contribution to the Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia - He wrote a book titled Notes on the State of Virginia https://learnodo-newtonic.com/thomas-jefferson-accomplishmen...
on “Books found in dumpster belonged to Thomas Jefferson” ↗…to be simultaneous. If buildings last about 50 years, then in 50 years you're going to have completely different set of buildings. You'll have no influences to draw on from 50+ years ago. It's from "Notes on the State of Virginia" http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JEFFERSON/ch15.html which was actually a book, a collection of essays published by Jefferson.
on “The American Room” ↗…classes of humanoids from the framework of rights agreed on at birth of US -No commenter said the words "you are racist" -You failed to offer why the exclusion of black or female people is just In “Notes on the State of Virginia,” Jefferson wrote, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever…” He believed that to keep slaves in bondage, with part of America in favor of abolition…
…is the bar here. The fact is nearly no-one in the Americas would call or describe Sub-Saharan Africans as Intelligent. Thomas Jefferson who generally seemed to oppose slavery says this in his book, "Notes on the State of Virginia" (1785): "In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection." "Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me that in memory…
on “Large models of what? Mistaking engineering achievements for linguistic agency” ↗…deeply compromised personally) still wrote this about slavery’s corruption and consequences: > “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever…” (Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII (1784), as transcribed by Encyclopedia Virginia) Jefferson also documented that Congress removed an anti–slave trade passage from his draft for political reasons (i.e., to get unanimity):…
…he owned about 175 people. Somewhere between 1781-1785 (I'm seeing a lot of different publishing dates for this and I'll leave it to someone else to pin down the exact date if they're interested) in Notes on the State of Virginia Jefferson wrote of slavery: "The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions…
on “Drake Anthony Recreates the Mechanical Bulb First Seen in 1675 – TechEBlog” ↗…intellectual circles that slavery was wrong and against the many ideas he and his peers espoused, but his own personal wealth was so tied up in it that he had to make intellectual excuses for it (see Notes on the State of Virginia).
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