I have found Garry Wills book on this subject, "Negro President," to be helpful. Does Wiencek's book engage with Wills' arguments about Jefferson and slavery? John Maass, Ph.D. On 10/17/12, Jon Kukla<[log in to unmask]> wrote: Henry Wiencek's report of nail-factory discipline and the suppressed letter in The Farm Book were troubling, but some of the points made here by a long-time scholar of Jefferson and Monticello are troubling, too: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/17/what-did-thomas-jefferson-really-think-about-slavery.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html