Write an essay describing how someone could proclaim liberty and justice for all, yet still own slaves. how does that fact compromise the image of jefferson in your mind? king surely knew about jefferson's past. explain why, for king, jefferson's words may have outweighed his personal behavior

Little known fact.

Yes Jefferson owned slaves, but he freed all of them. They stayed on his plantation willingly. Slavery was a very dark part of American History. But Jefferson did the best he could under the circumstances.

Yes the declaration of Liberty and Justice for all turns out to mean Liberty and Justice for and white males who owned property. It would take a Civil War some 80 nearly 90 years later (after Jefferson's statement about Justice and Liberty) to resolve the slavery question with a civil war. But you cannot dictate correct behavior no matter who you are or what your position in government. In a democratic society, the people must agree to be ruled by the constitution that is put in place.

Jefferson was not a hypocrite. He was a man caught and bound by the rules and laws of his time. He led by example. He freed those he could.

As for King, [if you are talking about Martin Luther King], he may have applauded both words and actions for he undoubted knew about the the freedom granted Jefferson's slaves.

1. c- the tunnel project was worthwhile.

2. b- to inform about the value of the tunnel project

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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