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To: Dayuhan who wrote (29768)	1/31/1999 9:29:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

<I doubt that Jefferson saw any contradiction between his slaveholding and the words he wrote.> Steve, my understanding is that Jefferson HID his relationship with Sally Hemmings. This would certainly indicate to me that there was some contradiction on some level, perhaps not conscious (I am being generous here). An even more interesting thing I saw on a PBS documentary recently is that George Washington did agonize over holding slaves, and ordered his freed upon his death in his will. However, his wife Martha was so afraid of the rage of his slaves after his death, that she mostly confined herself to her room, becoming a virtual prisoner. She finally went ahead and freed them during her lifetime, so that she could move around again. This would indicate, to me at least, that these people were quite aware that what they were doing was morally unjustifiable.