Rethinking Thomas Jefferson’s Writings on Slavery and Race: “[God’s] Justice Cannot Sleep Forever”

Revisionism has been the historical vogue for well over two decades concerning Jeffersonian scholarship. This movement has been an attempt to neutralize the avowed “hagiographical” scholarship on Jefferson by aiming to offer an all-too-human Thomas Jefferson. The regrettable result has been a depiction, iterated and reiterated uncritically by scholars, of a less-than-human Jefferson, presenting him as an inveterate hypocrite and racist. Thus, Jeffersonian scholarship, as argued here, has become an exercise in useless, fatuous repetition of the same claims that has impeded attempts by serious scholars to gain fresh insights into the mind of one of the greatest Americans.

This book offers a stimulating, provocative challenge to the stale revisionist claims on Jefferson concerning his hypocrisy and racism. It will appeal to mavens of Jefferson, as well as scholars intent on moving forward with Jeffersonian scholarship. The book will also appeal to those persons who believe it is time to resituate Jefferson on his little mountain.


M. Andrew Holowchak, PhD, is a Professor of Philosophy and History. He is the author and editor of some 50 books and nearly 160 published essays on topics such as ethics, ancient philosophy, science, psychoanalysis, and critical thinking. His current research focus is Thomas Jefferson—he is acknowledged by several scholars to be the world’s foremost authority on the thinking of Jefferson—and he has published 15 books and over 100 essays on Jefferson.

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ISBN: 1-5275-4448-6

ISBN13: 978-1-5275-4448-2

Release Date: 17th January 2020

Pages: 180

Price: £58.99

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