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Jefferson also virulently condemned the Haitian revolution, which was the first successful slave rebellion in the western hemisphere, and helped spread the abolition of slavery to the rest of the caribbean and south america.
Also for all the hamilton liberals, yes he owned slaves too, and that musical is whitewashing the US founding slaveowners.
I don't think Jefferson comes across that great in Hamilton. His defense of the South and slavery is made pretty clear.
Yeah but unfortunately Hamilton comes off good in Hamilton which is itself its own big problem.
People defend Jefferson for not releasing his slaves, saying anti slavery wasnt a thing to them. John Adam’s and his wife were anti slavey, and found it abhorrent. He liked to hire freed black men and didn’t allow slave servants in the White House. So clearly the idea that slavery was wrong was around and lots of people practiced it