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Introduction -- Jefferson's Idea of "Natural History" : Notes on Virginia, Montesquieu, and Slavery -- The Emergence and Growth of Jefferson's Moral and Political Relativism -- The Moral Sense, Jefferson's Cultural Relativism, Christianity, and Race -- Gabriel's Rebellion (1800) Impels Jefferson's Search for a Haitian/African Sanctuary -- Jefferson, Slavery, and the Branagan Affair -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Law, and the "Moral Sense" -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Law, and Moral Sense Applications in Politics and Society : "The Earth Belongs to the Living" -- War and International Morality : Examining Another Form of Evil -- "A Capitulation between Conflicting Interests and Opinions" : Jefferson's Political Roles for Women, Slaves, and "Infants" -- Jefferson on the Abolition of Slavery : From Richard Price to Edward Coles -- Jefferson's Road Not Taken : Edward Coles and Slavery -- Jefferson "at Home" with His Slaves : The James Hubbard Incident -- Morality versus "Self-Preservation" : Jefferson on Slave Revolt, the Missouri Controversy, and the Haitian Panacea -- Jefferson's Sectional Missouri Politics Overcomes His Vision of Destruction -- Jefferson's Solution to the Slavery Issue Relies on the Nation's Moral Sense -- Jefferson's Late-Life Speculations on the Haitian "Receptacle" -- Jefferson's Ambivalence toward Immigration : Turn and Return, 1776-1826 -- "I Have No Doubt but That They Will Be Good Citizens" : Linking White Immigration with Slavery's Abolition -- Jefferson's Political and Educational Theories Merge Moral Universalism and Cultural Relativism -- Echoes of American Exceptionalism : Jefferson's Cultural Relativism, Haitian Independence, and the Latin American Revolutions -- An End and a Beginning : Jefferson's Antislavery Legislation and His Relationship with Sally Hemings -- Jefferson's Unknown Friendship with Patrick Henry, a Free Black Farmer -- Conclusion : Jefferson, the State of Nature, and the Moral Sense over Time -- Appendix : Elder v. Elder's Relevance for Jefferson.

"This study of Jefferson's relationship with New England reveals him as a consistent nationalist and friend of the region. His nationalist point of view is evident in his opinions of people and politics of New England. He admired New Englanders' Revolutionary patriotism and considered their democracy and town-meeting traditions a model for the rest of the Union"--