THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Felt we should not be independent from Great Britain
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Sided with the loyalists
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Owned slaves
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fought against women’s rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Jefferson wrote that “all men are created equal, ” and yet enslaved more than 600 people over the course of his life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson wrote that maintaining slavery was like holding “a wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go.”17 He thought that his cherished federal union, the world’s first democratic experiment, would be destroyed by slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mr. Turner states, “The reason Jefferson did not free but five of his own slaves in his will was simple: Under Virginia law at the time, slaves were considered ‘property, ’ and they were expressly subject to the claims of creditors. Jefferson died deeply in debt."
Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Jefferson freed two people during his life. He freed five people in his will. He allowed two or three people to escape without pursuit, and recommended informal freedom for two others. In total, of the more than six hundred people Jefferson enslaved, he freed only ten people – all members of the same family.