>>>>>>>>>>> During the Jefferson administration, the Muslim Barbary States, crumbling as a result of intense American naval bombardment and on shore raids by Marines, finally officially agreed to abandon slavery and piracy. <<<<<<<<<<<<<< but the US did not. It abolished the slave trade in 1808, but not slavery. Incidentally it had never occurred to me to wonder why Jefferson needed a copy of the Koran. Why shouldn't he have a copy? Why shouldn't anyone? NB, this year's the bicentennial of the UK's abolition of the slave trade. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Lit-Ideas" <Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:33 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Koran > http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1763252/posts > > > > http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm > > > > A lurker sent me these. They answer the question, why did Thomas Jefferson > need the Koran that Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison was sworn in with? > > > > Lawrence > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html