Jefferson, in this work, held that allodial title, not feudal title, was held to American lands, and thus the people did not owe fees and rents for that land to the British crown.
Despite being a life-long slave owner, Jefferson included a strong condemnation of slavery in the tract, writing "The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa; yet our repeated attempts to effect this by prohibitions, and by imposing duties which might amount to a prohibition, have been hitherto defeated by his majesty's negative: Thus preferring the immediate advantages of a few African corsairs to the lasting interests of the American states, and to the rights of human nature, deeply wounded by this infamous practice."[2]
The work was presented to, and debated by, the First Continental Congress. When this took place, Jefferson did not attend. Despite his attempts, Congress agreed to a more moderate decision than Jefferson's proposed concept. Despite not being able to completely convince Congress, friends of Jefferson printed the Summary in a pamphlet form. It was distributed throughout London, New York and Philadelphia. Research states that the document "helped establish Jefferson's reputation as a skillful, if radical, political writer."[1]
^ ab"A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention / by a Native, and Member of the House of Burgesses". World Digital Library. 1774. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
^"Avalon Project - Summary View of the Rights of British America".
summary, view, rights, british, america, wikisource, original, text, related, this, article, tract, written, thomas, jefferson, 1774, before, declaration, independence, which, laid, delegates, first, continental, congress, grievances, against, king, george, es. Wikisource has original text related to this article A Summary View of the Rights of British America A Summary View of the Rights of British America was a tract written by Thomas Jefferson in 1774 before the U S Declaration of Independence in which he laid out for delegates to the First Continental Congress a set of grievances against King George III especially against the King s and the Parliament of Great Britain s response to the Boston Tea Party Jefferson declares that the Parliament did not have the right to govern the Thirteen Colonies He argues that since the individual colonies were founded they were independent of British rule 1 Jefferson in this work held that allodial title not feudal title was held to American lands and thus the people did not owe fees and rents for that land to the British crown Despite being a life long slave owner Jefferson included a strong condemnation of slavery in the tract writing The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa yet our repeated attempts to effect this by prohibitions and by imposing duties which might amount to a prohibition have been hitherto defeated by his majesty s negative Thus preferring the immediate advantages of a few African corsairs to the lasting interests of the American states and to the rights of human nature deeply wounded by this infamous practice 2 The work was presented to and debated by the First Continental Congress When this took place Jefferson did not attend Despite his attempts Congress agreed to a more moderate decision than Jefferson s proposed concept Despite not being able to completely convince Congress friends of Jefferson printed the Summary in a pamphlet form It was distributed throughout London New York and Philadelphia Research states that the document helped establish Jefferson s reputation as a skillful if radical political writer 1 Contents 1 References 1 1 Footnotes 1 2 Text 1 3 SourcesReferences editFootnotes edit a b A Summary View of the Rights of British America Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia Now in Convention by a Native and Member of the House of Burgesses World Digital Library 1774 Retrieved 2013 08 03 Avalon Project Summary View of the Rights of British America Text edit Text in modernized spelling and formatSources edit This article incorporates text from a webpage created by the World Digital Library which is written and created by the Federal government of the United States and is thus in the public domain Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Summary View of the Rights of British America amp oldid 1147515375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
