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Quote by: GHook93  True, but he was very outspoken against slavery and was a huge supporter of abolishing it. |
Being outspoken about slavery does not mean Jefferson saw black men as his equals, politically, physically, or morally.
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Quote by: GHook93 Wrong he meant it to mean all men, regardless of race or religion! |
And the Pulitzer Prize winning Jefferson historian Stephen Ambrose says you are wrong about Jefferson at the time he wrote "All men are created equal," GHook. I hope you don't mind if I take his word over yours....
Jefferson, like all slaveholders and many other white members of American society, regarded Negroes as inferior, childlike, untrustworthy and, of course, as property. Jefferson, the genius of politics, could see no way for African-Americans to live in society as free people. He embraced the worst forms of racism to justify slavery.
Smithsonian Magazine | History & Archaeology | Flawed Founders
You might have better luck with John Adams, but he was a minority on this and other issues of the day.