...intellectually inferior to the whites in reasoning but in memory he was equal to the whites. He wrote, "I think one could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigation of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless and anomalous.""1 He declared,...

...reflection," and, comparing "them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior." He would, however, advance a contentious proposition to emancipate slaves. "Some have been liberally...

...to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites;...them here, on the same stage with the whites, and ^Crawford.175 where the facts are not apocryphal on which a judgment is to be formed. It will be right...

...people. "Comparing them," says he, "by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites;...imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous." He seems, indeed, to be aware of the very unequal ground on which they must stand, to be measured with...

...forethought, which prevents their seeing a danger till it be present . . . their griefs are transient ... In memory they are equal to the whites; in reason...of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid."4o In contrast, Hamilton in his letter to Jay argued that giving slaves "their freedom with...

...white society, according to Jefferson, was their inferiority in mental faculties. They were, he felt, "in reason much inferior, as I think one could scarcely...tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid." In art and oratory, they stood far below the Indians, and although gifted in music, were incapable...

...follows: In general . . . Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and Imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one 246 could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and...

...it be present . . . Comparing them by their faculties of memory. reason. and imagmation. il appear to me. that in memory they are equal to the whites: in reason much inferior ... In music they are more generally gifted than the whites with accurate ears for tune and time. and...

...noting what he regards as Africans' inability to follow complicated reasoning, Jefferson observes that it would be "unfair to follow them to Africa for this investigation"; rather, for the sake of fairness, they should be judged "here, on the same stage with the whites."...

...to sleep of course. Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites;...imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous. Absurdly, he suggested blackness might come "from the colour of the blood."81 Jefferson collected fossils,...