What is or are the main idea(s) and argument(s) the author is trying to convey to the reader? (Think about why they decided to sit down and write the document and what their aims were, i.e., what’s their agenda?

Read the Thomas Jefferson documents
Thomas Jefferson on Indians and Blacks (1784) Review Sheet
Thomas Jefferson on Black Colonization (1801)
Thomas Jefferson on the Indians’ Future (1803)

What is or are the main idea(s) and argument(s) the author is trying to convey to the reader? (Think about why they decided to sit down and write the document and what their aims were, i.e., what’s their agenda? Is it simply to inform, to inspire people to take action of some sort, to influence political leaders, etc.?) Then discuss your argument about the main idea(s) and argument(s) the author presented.