Believe Quote by Stephen Ambrose

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

— Daniel Hannan

“White supremacy, over time, became a religion of sorts. Faith in the idea that people of the African race were bestial, that whites were…

— Michelle Alexander

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

I find it more than a little disingenuous to act as if keeping slaves was something that set Thomas Jefferson apart from all mankind.

— Annette Gordon-Reed

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

— Ibram X. Kendi

“There was no contradiction in the bold claim made by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” if…

— Michelle Alexander

“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

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring that all men were created equal, he owned slaves. Women couldn't vote. But, throughout history,…

— Marvin Ammori

“In the American colonies, the first laborers were European indentured servants. When African laborers were forcibly brought to Virginia beginning in 1619, status was…

— Alan H. Goodman

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

Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which…

— Jeffrey Rosen