HST 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sally Hemings
20 Jan 2017
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No one talked about how gw treated his slaves badly. Quote about how anyone could ever question whether it was right to enslave someone else: gw made this transition between viewpoints. Gw: slavery: unprofitable, he still kept slaves, seems iffy that he didn"t have legal ability to free all slaves, bissett has never heard argument that having too many slaves: financial burden. Even if so, could free them: said he didn"t want to sell slaves bc it would break up families. Could"ve freed them instead: martha: opposite of abolitionist. Mount vernon can do work on tour guides. Monticello: great, he didn"t talk about slaves but when we asked one question he went on for a while. Had to talk about everything good tj did to make up for slaves: sally hemings. She was 30 years younger, 14 years old when their relationship began. Thinks article about race & american rev: right.
