Here I go bad mouthing the United States....
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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Virginia was a very different (and insular*) society than was New York City or Boston or wherever Hamilton and Franklin were from.
Which is to say, everybody and their brother, who could own slaves in Virginia, did. I agree that I don't give them a pass, but Jefferson is one of the greatest human beings to live in the last 500 years. Contra George W.. He was a simple religious farmer who volunteered to serve our country in whatever capacity he could, but wasn't really a revolutionary thinker.
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I'm sure Sally Hemmings's descendants (and Jefferson's, come to think of it) would all feel much better if they were to come to know this simple truth and accept it.
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