In your personal opinion, what were Jeffersons private, personal views about the institution of slavery? Were his private views of slavery different from his public statements on slavery (Notes on the State of Virginia)? Justify your answer.

Use your sources here:
1. Jeffersons Notes on the State of Virginia
2. Letter to Marquis de Chastellux
3. Letter to Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin Banneker was a free, educated African-American who wrote to Jefferson while he was Secretary of State under President Washington.
4. Jeffersons reply to Benjamin Banneker.
5. Letter to James Madison
6. Letter to Henri Gregoire
7. Letter to Joel Barlowe
8. Letter to John Lynch
9. Letter to Edmund Coles