While Washington and Jefferson privately expressed distaste for slavery, they also understood that it was part of the political and economic bedrock of the country they helped to create.
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More than anything, the historians say, the founders were hampered by the culture of their time.
While Washington and Jefferson privately expressed distaste for slavery, they also understood that it was part of the political and economic bedrock of the country they helped to create.
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歷史學(xué)家認(rèn)為,最重要的原因是開國(guó)元?jiǎng)讉兪艿疆?dāng)時(shí)社會(huì)文化的局限。
盡管華盛頓和杰斐遜私下里都表達(dá)了對(duì)奴隸制的反感,但是他們也知道奴隸制是他們努力創(chuàng)建的國(guó)家的政治與經(jīng)濟(jì)基石的一部分。