MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Northern Anti-Federalists criticized the three-fifths compromise and the temporary continuation of the slave trade. Southern Anti-Federalists like Patrick Henry warned their constituents that a more potent national government with a northern majority might abolish slavery altogether.
Detailed explanation-2: -Madison believed that slaves were human property, while he opposed slavery intellectually. Along with his colonization plan for black people, Madison believed that slavery would naturally diffuse with western expansion.
Detailed explanation-3: -His letters reveal that anti-slavery sentiments existed on a nuanced spectrum in early America. Madison opposed slavery even as he simultaneously was paternalist, anti-black, and owned enslaved people. America’s Founding Fathers, and especially James Madison, have always been popular subjects in historical discussion.