As a slave owner who had a relationship with one of his slaves, Thomas Jefferson represents a conflicting view on slavery. Identify the ideas on race he expressed in his book Notes on the State of Virginia.

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As a slave owner who had a relationship with one of his slaves, Thomas Jefferson represents a conflicting view on slavery. Identify the ideas on race he expressed in his book Notes on the State of Virginia.

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Thomas Jefferson, in the issue of race in his book, remains quite hateful toward African Americans because he concluded that both whites and African Americans could not exist together in a free society.

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Thomas Jefferson wrote this book Notes on the State Of Virginia to address the issue in response to questions about Virginia's natural resources and economy. Jefferson makes several statements expressing his views on slavery. According to him, African Americans are inferior to whites in intelligence. He believed the best solution to solve the issues of the race was to remove blacks from the country. He thought the bitter experience of slavery made African American incapable of being loyal to the country.