Complete Non-racists in American History

[AAsch at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/25/2004 1:15:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
bobsheridan at earthlink.net writes:


> Hamilton's attitudes on race and slavery seem so much more consistent 
> with 'modern' attitudes, such as they are, than Jefferson's, 
> Washington's, and Madison's, to name just a few creatures of their time 
> and place, who couldn't (or wouldn't) see through or past race to humanity

In a recent NPR program, Jefferson's views were contrasted with those of his 
cousin, Richard Randolph, who not only opposed slavery, but also believed, at 
least to some extent, that blacks and whites could live together as equals. 
The NPR program was an interview with author Melvin Patrick Ely about his new 
book, Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 
1790s Through the Civil War, detailing the Virginia community of freed slaves 
given land by Richard Randolph's will. The NPR program is available at this 
address:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4185645

Allen Asch
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