# Ep. 83: Who Killed Jefferson(ianism)? **URL:** **By** Anthony Comegna **Published:** December 4, 2018 --- Those who profited so much from slave labor, rebuked the Declaration of Independence, but the Southern justification for slavery varied by region. Southerners strived to protect slavery as thoroughly as possible. In order to do that, they embraced a pragmatic ideology tailored to fight their Northern opposition. To many Southerners, slavery represented comfort, but others embraced slavery as their Christian duty to save Africans from the drudgeries of freedom and supposedly meek lives of Northern industrial workers. What is methodological individualism? Was there a monolithic south? What is enlightenment liberalism? Who was Nathaniel Beverly Tucker? ## Further Reading: [America Mobbing, 1828-1861](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-mobbing-1828-1861-9780195117073?cc=us&lang=en), written by David Grimsted [The Life and Literature of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker](http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/autumn01/tucker.cfm), written by Robert Doares, Jr. ## Related Content: [Jeffersonian Optimism vs. Country Pessimism](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/jeffersonian-optimism-vs-country-pessmism), from Literature of Liberty Reviewer [Radical Individualism in America: Revolution to Civil War](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/radical-individualism-america-revolution-civil-war), written by Eric Foner [Compromising Compromisers](https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/liberty-chronicles/ep-79-compromising-compromisers-with-stephen-maizlish), Liberty Chronicles Podcast