Rights and Slavery in Thomas Jefferson's Political Thought

IF 0.1 4区 社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Ari Helo
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Thomas Jefferson is famous for his advocacy of equal rights of men, religious freedom, and democracy throughout the United States. He is equally (in)famous for his racist statements, for his little concern for women's rights, for his apparently unrealistic anti-slavery policies, and for his strongly anti-Federalist politics. This article will make clear that his political solution to the problem of slavery was not as far-fetched at the time as many scholars still tend to think it was. His fame as the high priest of minimal government also needs to be reconsidered given his hugely expensive, governmental solution to the problem of slavery. It is also important to grasp how very restricted a role Jefferson attributed to the federal government in putting his abolition plan into effect. The only aspect concerning the federal government in Jefferson's plan had to do with financing and sending slaves abroad after each state's individual decision of emancipation.
托马斯·杰斐逊政治思想中的权利与奴隶制
托马斯·杰斐逊以倡导美国各地的男女平等权利、宗教自由和民主而闻名。他同样出名的还有他的种族主义言论,他对妇女权利的漠不关心,他明显不切实际的反奴隶制政策,以及他强烈的反联邦主义政治。本文将阐明,他对奴隶制问题的政治解决方案在当时并不像许多学者现在认为的那样牵强。他作为最低限度政府的大祭司的名声也需要重新考虑,因为他对奴隶制问题的政府解决方案耗资巨大。同样重要的是,要了解杰斐逊认为联邦政府在实施他的废奴计划时所起的作用是多么有限。在杰斐逊的计划中,联邦政府唯一涉及的方面是在每个州各自决定解放奴隶后,为奴隶提供资金并将其送往国外。
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AMERICAN STUDIES IN SCANDINAVIA
AMERICAN STUDIES IN SCANDINAVIA HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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期刊介绍: American Studies in Scandinavia, the journal of the Nordic Association for American Studies, is published twice each year, and carries scholarly articles and reviews on a wide range of American Studies topics and disciplines, including history, literature, politics, geography, media, language, diplomacy, race, ethnicity, economics, law, culture and society. American Studies in Scandinavia is sponsored by the National Councils for Research in Science and the Humanities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the journal is published by Odense University Press with the financial support of the Nordic Publications Committee for Humanist Periodicals.
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