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Line 155: ::::::::Here is a second source: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2645866 Thomas Jefferson and Slavery: An Analysis of His Racist Thinking as Revealed by His Writings and Political Behavior]. [[User:Cmguy777|Cmguy777]] ([[User talk:Cmguy777|talk]]) 20:05, 30 September 2024 (UTC) :::::::::When Jefferson was younger he legally tried to free 4 slaves by court, but failed. From the above source, Jefferson did not want former slaves, black people, to be citizens. In a nut shell, Jefferson, only wanted natural "rights of man", for the white colonists. That clarification is needed for the article. Thank you. [[User:Cmguy777|Cmguy777]] ([[User talk:Cmguy777|talk]]) 20:01, 1 October 2024 (UTC) As explained by [[Peter S. Onuf]], who was the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of the University of Virginia, for Jefferson "and most of his fellow patriots, enslaved people were property and therefore not included in these new polities, leaving their status unchanged... [That] did not mean he did not recognize his enslaved people to be people, just that they could only enjoy those universal, natural rights elsewhere, in a country of their own: emancipation and expatriation."[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/centuries-long-debate-continues-over-all-men-are-created-equal] There is nothing in his book that says Jefferson only believed in the equality of white men. But as I mentioned above, he did not believe the U.S. government should provide equal protection to citizens, immigrants and enemy aliens. Nor does any government. Today, both U.S. parties seek to deport undocumented immigrants, most of whom are not white. Many people put this down to racism, too. Most however would put it down to the state's greater obligation to protect its own people. [[User:The Four Deuces|TFD]] ([[User talk:The Four Deuces|talk]]) 10:49, 2 October 2024 (UTC) | |||