>Jefferson’s and Washington’s psychology was certainly very interesting as far as their attitudes towards freedom and slavery went. I wonder how they justified

>Jefferson’s and Washington’s psychology was certainly very interesting as far as their attitudes towards freedom and slavery went. I wonder how they justified to themselves having slaves while talking about freedom and liberty. The history of liberalism, from J.S. Mill to Jefferson is fraught with hypocrisies and inconsistencies like this[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism:_A_Counter-History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism:_A_Counter-History