A Founding Contradiction
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How Did Jefferson Handle Enslaved People?
When jefferson went to paris in 17 84, he took a man named james hemmings with him. So there was some tension here, because france, at the time, was in resounding with the cries of liberty and equality. But once ames takes over the roll as the chef de grisine, he begins to pay him. He handles it by treating james as if he were a regular servant, and instead of an enslaved person.
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