We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.<\/p>\n
— Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence<\/em>, 1776<\/p>\n Besides those of colour, figure, and hair, there are other physical distinctions proving a difference of race. They [blacks] have less hair on the face and body. They secrete less by the kidnies (sic), and more by the glands of the skin, which gives them a very strong and disagreeable odour … They are more ardent after their female: but love seems with them to be more an eager desire, than a tender delicate mixture of sentiment and sensation … Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous.<\/p>\n — Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Viginia<\/em>, pp. 264-266<\/a>, 1781<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence, 1776 Besides those of colour, figure, and hair, there are other physical distinctions … Continue reading Thomas Jefferson<\/span>