Compare/Contrast Essay Thomas Jefferson/William Apess What do you think when you see someone who isn't like you? ... First is Thomas Jefferson's view as the early American coming into the Indians native land. ... Thomas Jefferson admired and lauded the American Indian. ... Jefferson had known and been interested in Native Americans all of his life. ... Peter Jefferson's (Thomas Jefferson's father) house was a popular way station for the friendly Cherokees whose embassies were bound for Williamsburg. ...

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Successively, during Washington's, Monroe's, and Jefferson's administration, more and more Indian land was annexed. ... In reference to President Thomas Jefferson's letter to Andrew Jackson in 1803, "The Indian tribes . . . have for a considerable time been growing more and more uneasy at the constant diminution of the territory they occupy, although affected by their own voluntary sales, and the policy has long been gaining strength with them of refusing absolutely all further sales on any conditions . . . . ... I trust and believe we are acting for their greatest good," T...

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Successively, during Washington's, Monroe's, and Jefferson's administration, more and more Indian land was being commandeered. ... In order peaceable to counteract this policy of theirs and to provide an extension of territory which the rapid increase of our numbers will call for [they should be led to an agricultural way of life, thus lessening their need for land], In leading them thus to . . . civilization . . . ... Thomas Jefferson believed that some people were dependent (slaves, women, Indians) and some people were independent (White males), he believed that the independen...

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