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Notes on the State of Virginia

A work by Thomas Jefferson, first published in 1784

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  • What korrents draws from it

    If freed slaves stayed, prejudice and grievances would bring conflict probably ending only in the extermination of one race, Blacks may be inferior to whites in endowments of body and mind, a view offered as a suspicion only, Freed slaves, unlike in Rome, must be removed beyond the reach of racial mixture …

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    Thomas Jefferson

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Key facts

First published
17845
Edition korrents quotes
1853 edition6
Claims on korrents
191

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. If freed slaves stayed, prejudice and grievances would bring conflict probably ending only in the extermination of one race (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Blacks may be inferior to whites in endowments of body and mind, a view offered as a suspicion only (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Freed slaves, unlike in Rome, must be removed beyond the reach of racial mixture (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The chief aim of public education is making the people safe guardians of their own liberty (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Government degenerates when trusted to rulers alone; the people are its only safe depositories (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Corruption is better restrained by a wide right to vote than by limiting it to the wealthy (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • Thomas Jefferson

Sources

  1. Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIV: Laws (1853 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVII: Religion (1853 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  3. Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII: Manners (1853 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  4. Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIX: Manufactures (1853 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  5. Notes on the State of Virginia, Q4261404 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  6. Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIV: Laws (1853 edition) (en.wikisource.org) (opens en.wikisource.org)

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