1. Blog entry    09-14-14     Mr. Hoffman      Notes on the State of Virginia       Max Henry Madsen

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia.
Mr. Jefferson has a very intersting view on how blacks are, and how they should be treated. He mentions how diffrent black people are to the white. For example he names that they have a diffrent body odor. with could just be beacuse they sweat more than what mr. Jefferson was used to with his normal White, english  gentlemenly friends. He mentions that all of these things have been scientificly  proven, but by who? this could be something anyone could have said. And what has most likely happend was that some ,possible slave owner, of a scientist, came up with it. what i am trying to get at, is that this was how the world saw slaves. the did not see them as Men or women, the saw them as utilities. We talked about this in class about how "all men are equal" this is an obviouls exapmle of how Slaves were not seen as being normal people.  They were not "Men" they did not have the right to vote, or any other thing that All men had right to.
So i dont think that there in anyway shape of form was ever a scientist that acualy proved this. I just think this was the way of seing tings back then. i do not blame them, this was the norm, this was a way to show that you had prestige. Today it might be the same as having dogs, maby in a millions years they will look back at us and call us horrible people beacuse we kept dogs in captive. This was a very long train of thoughts, but i hope you understand what i am trying to say.