Jefferson: A Slave Owner Against Slavery? Is it safe to say that the creator of The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, whom stated that ?all men are created equal,? could believe any differently? Or did he truly believe in equality for all man? While reading two opposite sides of the controversy regarding Jefferson?s stance to ?Bringing an End to Chattel Slavery,? two authors tackle this issue. The first author, Dumas Malone believed that yes, …showed first 75 words of 954 total…

…showed last 75 words of 954 total…made proposals in his Notes on Virginia to slowly emancipate slaves, William Cohen argued that these proposals may have indeed made the institution of slavery even stronger. These are two very different ways to look at Jefferson, and his commitment to ?Bringing an End to Chattel Slavery.? I believe both views have some truth to them, but no one will ever know what Jefferson?s true intentions of slavery really were. We can only speculate.