Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 17 August 1808

Aug. 17. 08.

The government of the US. will not make itself an accomplice in the crimes of invading a foreign nation which never did it a wrong, in the abduction of their people and selling them in slavery.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 17 August 1808
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Madison, James
    Date
    17 August 1808

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 17 August 1808,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-8533. [This is an Early Access document from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. It is not an authoritative final version.]

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