Rightful liberty: slavery, morality, and Thomas Jefferson's world

Abstract

Introduction -- Jefferson's Idea of "Natural History" : Notes on Virginia, Montesquieu, and Slavery -- The Emergence and Growth of Jefferson's Moral and Political Relativism -- The Moral Sense, Jefferson's Cultural Relativism, Christianity, and Race -- Gabriel's Rebellion (1800) Impels Jefferson's Search for a Haitian/African Sanctuary -- Jefferson, Slavery, and the Branagan Affair -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Law, and the "Moral Sense" -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Law, and Moral Sense Applications in Politics and Society : "The Earth Belongs to the Living" -- War and International Morality : Examining Another Form of Evil -- "A Capitulation between Conflicting Interests and Opinions" : Jefferson's Political Roles for Women, Slaves, and "Infants" -- Jefferson on the Abolition of Slavery : From Richard Price to Edward Coles -- Jefferson's Road Not Taken : Edward Coles and Slavery -- Jefferson "at Home" with His Slaves : The James Hubbard Incident -- Morality versus "Self-Preservation" : Jefferson on Slave Revolt, the Missouri Controversy, and the Haitian Panacea -- Jefferson's Sectional Missouri Politics Overcomes His Vision of Destruction -- Jefferson's Solution to the Slavery Issue Relies on the Nation's Moral Sense -- Jefferson's Late-Life Speculations on the Haitian "Receptacle" -- Jefferson's Ambivalence toward Immigration : Turn and Return, 1776-1826 -- "I Have No Doubt but That They Will Be Good Citizens" : Linking White Immigration with Slavery's Abolition -- Jefferson's Political and Educational Theories Merge Moral Universalism and Cultural Relativism -- Echoes of American Exceptionalism : Jefferson's Cultural Relativism, Haitian Independence, and the Latin American Revolutions -- An End and a Beginning : Jefferson's Antislavery Legislation and His Relationship with Sally Hemings -- Jefferson's Unknown Friendship with Patrick Henry, a Free Black Farmer -- Conclusion : Jefferson, the State of Nature, and the Moral Sense over Time -- Appendix : Elder v. Elder's Relevance for Jefferson.