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Jefferson: Relationship Between Master And Slave

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Jefferson believed that the relationship between master and slave had an unhappy impact on the manners of Americans. It led to violent passions and great despotism. 'Our children see this, and learn to imitate it,' he said. Could the liberties of the nation be secured when the people no longer thought that they were a gift from god? Ultimately, Jefferson feared some shift in fate that would make masters pay for enslaving Africans. He wrote, 'I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever.'2 Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (Boston, 1829; reprint ed., New York: Library of America,

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