cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45348900
https://oll.libertyfund.org/quotes/thomas-jefferson-slavery-wrath-of-god
This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
“But I’m going to keep the CSA going on my end, just as a little way to dare Him to do it. I spit in the face of the Almighty because I can clearly get away with it.”
Aside: by far the worst part of Hamilton is when Sally Hemmings gets introduced as Jefferson’s hype woman.