"Legacy Fulfilled: Thomas Jefferson and the Demise of Slavery" by George Coussoulos
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ISBN #978-1-58939-987-7, softcover, $17.95 “Legacy Fulfilled” centers on taking the noblest of Thomas Jefferson's words, and hinging his character on them, rather than on the prejudices of the times in which he lived. The great contradiction of Jefferson's life - his pronouncement to the world that "all men are created equal," while he himself owned over 200 slaves - is an incongruity preventing the most revered man of his time from maintaining that same adulation as the centuries have transpired. The book asks and answers the question of what might have occurred in Jefferson's life to cause him to overcome his prejudices and spend the last decade of his life working to improve the quality of life for the 200,000 free blacks who populated the county in 1800. What would cause Jefferson to become the champion for these African Americans who, though free, still felt the sting of discrimination at every turn? Further, what might influence the great man so that he would write a second magnificent document – The Virginia Declaration of Negro Emancipation and Justice? Could such statesmanship in the first half of the nineteenth century have led to freedom for the remaining two million slaves and averted an American Civil War? If so, certainly it would forever assure the fulfillment of the greatest of legacies. ABOUT THE AUTHOR George Coussoulos is a graduate of the Norfolk College of William and Mary, and holds a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia. He had a twenty-six year career in education which included teaching history and English as well as serving as a principal in public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia. He also taught graduate education students at George Mason University. His first published book was for teachers: “Behind Closed Doors: Every Teacher's Chance to Change the World,” published in 2004. A second career took place in the rustic hills of the Shenandoah Valley where he turned an avocation into a fifteen year adventure as a log home builder and contractor. Mr. Coussoulos is retired and lives with his wife, Susan Wolff, near the riverfront town of Urbanna, Virginia. There on the tranquil shores of LaGrange Creek, when he is not busy constructing his new home, he enjoys fresh oysters and blue crabs, boating and canoeing with his family, exploring historic sites, and writing historical fiction. Login to review this product