This is a devastating rejoinder in my opinion. There were clear issues in the book, Imperfect God, but if Jan's assessment of the thesis of the book is correct, this seems to be a case of a desire to make a dramatic new point [and sell lots of books] leading to a distortion of the evidence. Pete Henriques In a message dated 10/17/2012 11:32:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/17/what-did-thomas-jefferson-r eally-think-about-slavery.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html