What is Finkelman’s justification for this argument? In what ways was Jefferson’s stand on liberty and freedom biased? In what ways was Jefferson a racist?
Read: Thomas Jefferson’s Racism, 1788 and https://www.pbs.org/jefferson/archives/interviews/Finkelman.htm Paul Finkelman, legal scholar, argues that in some ways, Jefferson invented racism in the United States. What is Finkelman’s justification for this argument? In what ways was Jefferson’s stand on liberty and freedom biased? In what ways was Jefferson a racist?