[bsenftner]

If you want to write him off that quickly, feel free, but you're short sighting yourself. Finding oneself in a society with slavery, Jefferson purchased slaves from owners that abused them, and then did his best to ensure others knew the cruelty of those individuals, triggering a local society shunning of them and repercussions in their church - which at the time was very powerful. Jefferson's own handling and treatment of his slaves was extremely humane considering the status quo at that time.

[morelisp]

> Jefferson's own handling and treatment of his slaves was extremely humane considering the status quo at that time.

Literally a pro-slavery intellectual position defended on HN, thx for the case study.

[bsenftner]

This is why we can't have real intellectual discussions on HN: assholes like this projecting and defaming. Nothing of your claim is true.