American Studies 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Monogenism, Polygenism, Carl Linnaeus

• School: Western University
• Department: American Studies
• Course: American Studies 1020
• Professor: Tom Cull

Document Summary

During obama"s campaign, there was a renewed hope for racial equality: things that have happened in the past year have shown that this is not the case. Slavery in america ii: jefferson, calhoun and douglass. Principle author of the declaration of independence. Third president of the united states of america (1801-1809) Leader of the american enlightenment: spoke 5 languages, and pursued interests in science, philosophy and invention. Very complicated relationship with slavery: was opposed to the theory but owned 200 slaves that worked his planation in virginia. Possibly fathered six children with one of his slaves, sally hemings, after his wife died: historians generally agree on this point. A set of answers about virginia posed by french secretary francois marbois. A collection of jefferson"s thoughts on a multitude of topics: government, church, state. The book is an image of the nation. Contains thoughts about race and the practice of slavery. In 1822, a group of free slaves migrated to liberia.