Talk:Thomas Jefferson

Discussions of slavery
The language used in this article in respect of enslaved people is outdated. The preferred terminology is “enslaved person” (versus “slave”), and a person “enslaved by” versus “owned by”, in each case emphasizing the humanity of the enslaved individual by divorcing the circumstances of bondage from their being. Tjembers (talk) 01:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)


 * There were only two uses of "owned" in reference to slavery in-text, which I changed to "enslaved". (I changed "slaves" to "people", however, in these cases, solely to avoid repeating myself excessively, although it really does highlight the evil of slavery.) CitationsFreak (talk) 03:03, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Did some more edits, and I see what you mean. I'll try to change every instance of "slave" to something with an adjective and "people", although I would hate to make the article sound worse to my ears. I'll see what I can do. CitationsFreak (talk) 08:48, 10 July 2024 (UTC)