Can the dichotomy of jefferson as democrat and slaveholder be seen to represent the gap between ideal and practice?

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The fact that Jefferson owned slaves which holding the belief that slavery was immoral and wrong perfectly illustrates the gap between ideals and practices. Jefferson's worked for years to help end the slave trade and ultimately criminalized international slave trade while president. This shows that his ideals were against slavery. However, in personal practice, most of Jerfferson's wealth stemmed from the slaves that operated his family's plantation.

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