Influence Of Thomas Jefferson's Views On Race

Prompt: How did Jefferson’s views on government and race morph over time?

Over time Jefferson’s views on government and race drastically changed, from outright denouncing slavery as morally incorrect to endorsing the expansion of slavery in the west, Jefferson due to various reasons had fluctuating views on issues such as equality of races and governmental structure, primarily because of economic, social, and geographic causes.
Both economic climates of the nation as well as Jefferson’s personal debts greatly influenced his views on government and race, more prominently race. Earlier in Jefferson’s life, before he had acquired massive amounts of debt due to creditors, Jefferson wrote that all men are created equal and that the emancipation