Disingenuous Quote by Annette Gordon-Reed

The fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves doesn't devalue what he wrote.

— Daniel Hannan

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

— Stephen Ambrose

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

— Stephen Ambrose

“With Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson emerged as the preeminent American authority on Black intellectual inferiority. This status would persist over…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“It is not hard to figure out what Native Americans, enslaved Africans, and indentured White servants meant when they demanded liberty in 1776. But…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Thomas Jefferson, that owner of many slaves, chose to begin the Declaration of Independence by directly contradicting the moral basis of slavery, writing "we…

— David Graeber

“As Thomas Jefferson once noted, “Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of the day; but a series of oppressions,…

— Jim Marrs

Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves.

— David Graeber

America, to me, is this enormous contrast between the heady idealism of founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, who said, 'All men are created…

— Michael Portillo

Our situation illustrates the American idea that governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people…

— Jefferson Davis

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

— Stephen Ambrose

“Did Jefferson really believe Black people were smart in slavery and stupid in freedom?13 Notes”

— Ibram X. Kendi