Thomas Jefferson’s record and stances on slavery, explained in the context of his time.

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0:00 Intro
02:00 The Enlightenment
05:05 The End Of Slavery?
08:26 The Defense Of Slavery
17:44 Emancipation Plans
25:26 Jefferson As A Slaveholder
29:28 Conclusion

Sources:
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding – David Hume
Two Treatises Of Government – John Locke
What Is Enlightenment? – Immanuel Kant
Empire Of Liberty – Gordon Wood
Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic – Gary Kornblith
Notes On The State Of Virginia – Thomas Jefferson
Farm Book – Thomas Jefferson
Wolf By The Ears – John Chester Miller
Appeal – David Walker
Jefferson – John Boles
The Rise Of American Democracy – Sean Wilentz
The Hemingses Of Monticello – Annette Gordon-Reed
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution – Bernard Bailyn
Memoirs Of A Monticello Slave – Isaac Jefferson
Democracy In America – Alexis De Tocqueville
Those Who Labor For My Happiness – Lucia Stanton
Inhuman Bondage – David Davis