The Jefferson Lies (37 page)

53
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph (Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830), 4:13–14, 3:509.

54
. Ibid., 4:223–224.

55
. Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 14:232–233.

56
. Ibid., 14:385.

57
. Ibid., 14:386.

58
. Ibid., 14:246.
See also
Marie Kimball,
Jefferson: The Road to Glory, 1743 to 1776
(New York: Coward-McCann, 1943), 106–109.

59
. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson
, 3: 671–672.

60
.
See Congressional Record: Containing the Proceedings and Debates of the Fifty-Seventh Congress, First Session; Also Special Session of the Senate,
vol. 35 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1902), 5272–5273, 5783–5784.

61
. Ibid., 5272.

62
. Ibid., 5273.

63
. Thomas Jefferson, ed.,
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French, and English
(Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904), 19.

64
. Thomas Jefferson,
Jefferson's “Bible”; The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth XV–XVI
, ed. Judd Patton (Grove City: American Book Distributors, 1996), xv.

65
. Ibid.

66
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 3 (Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830), 506.

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1
. Conor Cruise O'Brien, “Thomas Jefferson: Radical and Racist,”
Atlantic Monthly
, October 1997, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96oct/obrien/obrien.htm
.

2
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 2.

3
. “Thomas Jefferson's Dark Side,”
The Abolitionist
, February 12, 1997, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://afgen.com/jeffersn.html
.

4
. Stephen J. Lyons. “Thomas Jefferson, Shameless Slavemaster,” review of Negro President by Garry Wills,
Chicago Sun-Times
, November 16, 2003.

5
. James Madison, “Journal of the Constitutional Convention of 1787,” in
The Works of James Madison
, ed. Gaillard Hunt, vol. 3 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900), July 11–13, 1787, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1935&Itemid=99999999
); John Elliot, ed.,
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Printed for the Editor, 1836), 226, June 17, 1788, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwed.html
; James Madison,
Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. In the Convention Held at Philadelphia in 1787
, ed. Jonathan Elliot, vol. 5 (Washington, DC: Printed for the Editor, 1845), 181, 295–305, 307– 308, June 11, 1787, July 11–13, 1787, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwed.html
.

6
. “The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription, Article 1, Section 2,”
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
, September 17, 1787, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
.

7
. “Historical Census Browser,”
University of Virginia Library
, Census Results for 1790, accessed June 10, 2011,
http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/php/state.php
.

8
. James Madison,
Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. In the Convention Held at Philadelphia in 1787
, ed. Jonathan Elliot, vol. 5 (Washington, DC: Printed for the Editor, 1845), 392–393.

9
. Jonathan Elliot,
The Debates of the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
, vol. 1 (Washington, DC: Printed for the Editor, 1836), 363.

10
. “The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription, Article 1, Section 2,”
The U. S. National Archives and Records Administration
, September 17, 1787, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
; James Madison,
Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. In the Convention Held at Philadelphia in 1787
, ed. Jonathan Elliot, vol. 5 (Washington, DC: Printed for the Editor, 1845), 300–301.

11
.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
, 60 U.S. 393, 572-573 (1856) (Curtis, J., dissenting); John Hancock,
Essays on the Elective Franchise; or, Who Has the Right to Vote
? (Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, 1865), 22–23.

12
.
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
, Max Farrand, ed., vol. 3 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966), 35.

13
. Fredrick Douglass,
My Bondage and My Freedom
(New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855), 395–398; Frederick Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
(Hartford: Park Publishing Company, 1882), 469–470.

14
.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
, 60 U.S. 393, 572-573 (1856) (Curtis, J., dissenting); John Hancock,
Essays on the Elective Franchise; or, Who Has the Right to Vote
? (Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, 1865), 22–23.

15
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Julian P. Boyd, vol. 8 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953), 258–259.

16
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 1 (New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830), 268.

17
. Ibid., 268.

18
. Ibid., 268–269.

19
. Ibid., 269.

20
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 11 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905), 264.

21
. W. O. Blake,
The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade; Ancient and Modern
(Ohio: J. & H. Miller, 1857), 374.

22
. Ibid., 386.

23
. George M. Stroud,
A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of America
(Philadelphia: Henry Longstreth, 1856), 150.

24
. “Virginia, ACT XXI. An act to authorize the manumission of slaves,” University of Virginia, May 1782, accessed October 25, 2011,
http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/xslt/servlet/XSLTServlet?xsl=/xml_docs/slavery/documents/display_laws2.xsl&xml=/xml_docs/slavery/documents/laws.xml&lawid=1782-05-02
.

25
. Dumas Malone,
Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello
, vol. 6 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981), 319.

26
.
The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia
, vol. 1 (Richmond: Thomas Ritcher, 1819), 434.

27
. Ibid. 435.

28
. Ibid., 436.
See also
George M. Stroud,
A Sketch of the Laws
, 150–151.

29
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 11 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905), 238.

30
. William Cohen, “Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Slavery,” Institute of Advanced Studies, accessed July 1, 2011,
http://www.iea.usp.br/iea/english/journal/38/cohenjefferson.pdf
.

31
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 11 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898), 197.

32
. Edward Ellis,
Thomas Jefferson, A Character Sketch
(Chicago: The University Association, 1898), 45–46.

33
. Henry S. Randall,
The Life of Thomas Jefferson,
vol. 3 (New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858), 676.

34
. “Jefferson and Slavery,” Monticello, accessed May 31, 2011,
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/jefferson-and-slavery
.

35
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Charles T. Cullen, vol. 22 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986), 49.

36
. Ibid., 49–51.

37
. Ibid., 51–52.

38
. Ibid., 97–98.

39
. Ibid., 98–99.

40
. Franziska Massner,
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery—Was He Really an Opponent of the Institution
? (Norderstedt: Druck and Bindung, 2005), 7.

41
. Oscar Reiss,
Blacks in Colonial America
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1997), 173.

42
. Garry Wills,
Augustine's Confessions
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011), 7.

43
. Joseph M. Hentz,
The Real Thomas Paine
(Bloomington: iUniverse, 2010), 67.

44
. Thomas Jefferson
, Notes on the State of Virginia
(Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1794), 232, 239.

45
. Ibid., 239.

46
. Ibid., 232.

47
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Charles T. Cullen, vol. 22 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986), 97–98, to Benjamin Banneker on August 30, 1791.

48
. Ibid., 98–99, emphasis added.

49
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 11 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905), 99–100.

50
. Ibid., 121.

51
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 1 (Washington, DC: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1903), 4.

52
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Paul Leicester Ford, vol. 11 (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905), 417.

53
. Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Lipscomb, 1:4.

54
. Jefferson,
The Works of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Ford, 1:474.

55
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Thomas Jefferson Papers: Jefferson's Memorandum Books
, eds. James Bear and Lucia Stanton, vol. 1 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), 271.

241

56
. Benjamin Franklin,
The Works of Benjamin Franklin
, ed. Jared Sparks, vol. 8 (Boston: Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason, 1839), 42.

57
. Jefferson,
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Boyd, 1:130.

58
. Ibid., 1:353.

59
. Thomas Jefferson, “Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence,”
ushistory.org
, accessed May 31, 2011,
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/rough.htm
.

60
. Thomas Jefferson,
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies
, ed. Thomas Jefferson Randolph, vol. 1 (New York: G & C. & H. Carville, 1830), 16.

61
. “Declaration of Rights,”
A Constitution or Form of Government Agreed Upon by the Delegates of the People of the State of Massachusetts-Bay
(Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1780), 7; Collinson Read, ed.,
An Abridgment of the Laws of Pennsylvania
, (Philadelphia: 1801), 264–266;
The Public Statute Laws of the State of Connecticut
, book 1 (Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1808), 623–62;
Rhode Island Session Laws
(Providence: Wheeler, 1784), 7–8; “Declaration of Rights,”
The Constitutions of the Sixteen States
(Boston: Manning and Loring, 1797), 279; “New Hampshire Constitution, Bill of Rights,”
The Constitutions of the Sixteen States
(Boston: Manning and Loring, 1797), 50;
Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the Twenty-Second Session, Second Meeting of the Legislature
(Albany: Loring Andrew, 1799), 721–723;
Laws of the State of New Jersey, Compiled and Published Under the Authority of the Legislature
, ed. Joseph Bloomfield (Trenton: James J. Wilson, 1811), 103–105.
See also
the
Dictionary of African American Slavery
, eds. Randall Miller and John Smith (Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1997), 394, 820–821.

62
. Thomas Jefferson,
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
, ed. Henry A. Washington, vol. 1 (Washington, DC: Taylor & Maury, 1853), 38.

63
. Thomas Jefferson, “Query XIV The Administration of Justice and Description of the Laws?” in
Notes on the State of Virginia
(Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1794), 228.