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Notes On The State Of Virginia Thomas Jefferson Analysis

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It is very impressive that "A fifth of the entire population was African-American" 1 during the Federalist Era. Despite that, most of them were slaves and were treated badly around that time. In Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson also showed that how badly they had, and that means he doesn't uphold the idea that "all men are created equal". The statement was clearly emphasized when he described the differences from the outside looking of both race, from art, and from the level of intelligence. I will point out these three points differences that Jefferson wrote about in his essay to show that he doesn't have any idea of equality.
Jefferson wrote a lot about "beauty" when he mentioned about the outlook of races. He described the African
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