Right of expressive associations to discriminate in membership

[Leslie Goldstein]

It has for a long time been my impression, confirmed ina variety of
sources, that both Jefferson and Madison sincerely , and once nearly
successfully, endeavored to persuade their state legislature to abolish
slavery.  Yet Finkelman says they "favored and supported" it.  Do i have
my facts wrong?
Leslie Goldstein

Paul Finkelman wrote:

>
> Indeed, to use West's terms, I would ask him what exactly does he think
> such  founders as Madison, Jefferson, Mason, Henry,  the Pinckneys,
> Pierce Butler, James Iredell, and even John Marshall, thought about
> "protecting freedom"  and "the basic freedom of employers to hire the
> people they want" when in fact all of them favored and supported and
> participated in a system that denied freedom to most of their workers.
>