Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The Myth, And The Morality

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slave holding society, whose
family and admired friends owned slaves, who inherited a fortune that was
dependent on slaves and slave labor, decide at an early age that slavery
was morally wrong and forcefully declare that it ought to be abolished?”
(Wilson 66).

Wilson also argues that Jefferson knew that his slaves would be better off
working for him than freed in a world where they would be treated with
contempt and not given any real freedoms.

Another way that Thomas Jefferson shows his moral character is in his most
famous achievement, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. This
document is probably the most important document in the history of the
United States, and one of the most important in the history of the world.
Jefferson writes that “all men are created equal” and argues that every man
has the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Jefferson's
document shows not only his strongly held beliefs in freedom, but his
acceptance of and belief in ...

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