At 9:03 PM -0400 4/14/01, Janet Hunter wrote: > >I live in Alexandria VA, and have been to Mt Vernon many times, and to >Monticello at least three times, but most recently in August There is just >no comparison between the two. Mount Vernon and Monticello indeed are different places, but I am puzzled at the supposed bearing of these differences on the facts of Jefferson's motives. Slavery is indeed a complex subject, witness the recent two-volume Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, in the creation of which I was privileged to participate. If you skim randomly through the hundreds of articles, you will notice that even today there are many angles to the subject, many differing takes on the same "facts." But my particular concern arises from the fact that some list members want to make judgments of historical facts and personalities from the modern perspective, as if it were possible to judge the eighteenth century in twenty-first century terms. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html