ABSTRACT
John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia (7 773-1833) was so ardent a Jeffer sonian that he turned on Jefferson himself when he became convinced that, as President, his leader had subverted their common principles. Randolph, an emotional thinker, mixed libertarian with states-rights ideas. He de fended slavery, but provided for his slaves. <(John Randolph's Negroes” were often noted in the course of the anti-slavery debate. The following is a news item from the New Orleans Commercial Times, July 10, 1846.
