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1 online resource (xiii, 166 pages) |
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Revisionism has been the historical vogue for well over two decades concerning Jeffersonian scholarship. This movement has been an attempt to neutralize the avowed ""hagiographical"" scholarship on Jefferson by aiming to offer an all-too-human Thomas Jefferson. The regrettable result has been a depiction, iterated and reiterated uncritically by scholars, of a less-than-human Jefferson, presenting him as an inveterate hypocrite and racist. Thus, Jeffersonian scholarship, as argued here, has become an exercise in useless, fatuous repetition of the same claims that has impeded attempts by serious |
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The case for racism -- On Blacks in slavery in Notes on Virginia -- The science of race in Jefferson's day -- On Blacks in slavery beyond Notes on Virginia -- The plight of blacks: natural exceptions or environmentally shaped? -- Did Jefferson really do nothing to end slavery -- Why Jefferson insisted on deporting Blacks -- The politics of race at Monticello -- Afterword. |
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. |
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Political and social views. |
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- Virginia -- History.
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Slavery -- Political aspects. |
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Virginia. |
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History. |
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Slavery. |
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Holowchak, M. Andrew. Rethinking Thomas Jefferson's writings on slavery and race. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020 9781527544482 (OCoLC)1131779812 |
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9781527545199 (electronic book) |
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1527545199 (electronic book) |
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1527544486 |
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9781527544482 |
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