Thomas Jefferson Against Slavery

Thomas Jefferson was a man who was against slavery and believed in freedom. His thoughts of slavery was it was a destruction to America . Jefferson also saw slavery as an abolishment of the right to personal liberty. During the time of the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson was very involved in the legislation in hopes it would result in the abolition of slavery. As Jefferson began to abolition slavery, the population of slaves began to rise. Instead slavery became more widespread and profitable. Thomas Jefferson was not one who for democracy the reason being was that it did not serve equal rights and it overpowered the minority. As president he reduced the size of the federal government by ending internal taxes, he reduced the size