11Proclamation Inviting Mercenary Troops in the British Service to Desert, [2 February 1781] (Jefferson Papers)
...than that of refusing to exchange freedom for slavery; and that they would do this the...
12From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 20 May 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
...all of them put together. This would be slavery and not that liberty which the bill of...
13III. Jefferson’s Draft of a Constitution for Virginia, [May–June 1783] (Jefferson Papers)
...in this state, or the continuance of slavery beyond the generation which shall be living...
14To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1784 (Madison Papers)
...the 1st. respecting hereditary honours, the 2d. slavery. The 1st. was done not from an...
15From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 25 April 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
hereditary honours, the 2d. slaveryhereditary honours and slavery
16From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Hopkinson, 3 May 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
...of hereditary honours, and an abolition of slavery. When the true act shall be...
17From Thomas Jefferson to G. K. van Hogendorp, 4 May 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
...care,” the three pieces on finance, slavery, and western territory printed herewith; they...
18V. Replies to Queries: Massachusetts, July 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
9. None but those who remain in voluntary slavery. The laws have given them all freedom if they...
19Memorandum Books, 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
later recalled discussing slavery with
20From Thomas Jefferson to Chastellux, 7 June 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
...their plan of publication. The strictures on slavery and on the constitution of Virginia are...