Quotes and snippets from Jefferson have been used to suggest that he altered his views on slavery, or that these were inconsistent with each other. He can be quoted to sound like an ardent abolitionist, or to sound like the most oppressive of masters. But everything he wrote on the subject is consistent with the complex treatment he gave to slavery in his Notes [on Virginia]. He always opposed enslavement in general and further slave imports to Virginia in particular. He always supported the freeing of slaves en masse, but always and only in connection with a scheme of deportation ...
Battles
Battle | Location Sort descending | End Date |
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Battle of Groton Heights | Connecticut | 06-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Savannah | Georgia | 29-Dec-1778 |
Siege of Savannah | Georgia | 20-Oct-1779 |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Massachusetts | 17-Jun-1775 |
Battle of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | 19-Apr-1775 |
Fortification of Dorchester Heights | Massachusetts | 04-Mar-1776 |
Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | 26-Dec-1776 |
Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer) | New Jersey | 22-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Princeton | New Jersey | 03-Jan-1777 |
Battle of Monmouth | New Jersey | 28-Jun-1778 |
Battle of White Plains | New York | 28-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Bennington | New York | 16-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Oriskany | New York | 06-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 10-May-1775 |
Battle of Long Island | New York | 27-Aug-1776 |
Battle of Harlem Heights | New York | 16-Sep-1776 |
Battle of Valcour Island | New York | 11-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Fort Washington | New York | 16-Nov-1776 |
Battle of Stony Point | New York | 15-Jul-1779 |
Battles of Saratoga | New York | 07-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton | New York | 06-Oct-1777 |
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 06-Jul-1777 |
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | North Carolina | 27-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | North Carolina | 15-Mar-1781 |
Siege of Mud Island Fort (Fort Mifflin) | Pennsylvania | 15-Nov-1777 |
Battle of Germantown | Pennsylvania | 04-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania | 11-Sep-1777 |
Battle of Quebec | Quebec, Canada | 31-Dec-1775 |
Battle of Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 08-Feb-1778 |
Battle of Kings Mountain | South Carolina | 07-Oct-1780 |
Battle of Waxhaws | South Carolina | 29-May-1780 |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | South Carolina | 08-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Cowpens | South Carolina | 07-Nov-1781 |
Battle of Camden | South Carolina | 16-Aug-1780 |
Siege of Charleston | South Carolina | 12-May-1780 |
Siege of Yorktown | Virginia | 19-Oct-1781 |
Battle of Chesapeake Capes | Virginia — Chesapeake Bay | 05-Sep-1781 |
Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1978)