Doing a Kant (was Re: Rhetorical Gestures)

Thomas Waters twaters at panix.com
Thu Oct 21 07:34:13 PDT 1999


At 03:26 PM 10/20/99 -0700, Dennis Redmond wrote:


>There's no dishonor in running up vast debts. To hell with the bankers, I
>always say. Also, didn't Jefferson free some of his slaves, or is this one
>of those suburban myths, like the one about the LSD-laced Ovaltine?

According to one of the tours given at Monticello, it is true, but if I recall correctly, itis likely that all of those freed were Jefferson's own children.

Tom

Thomas Waters twaters at panix.com Bronx, New York



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