The Genius of Thomas Jefferson | 5 Minute Video
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- Abraham Lincoln admired him. So did Franklin Roosevelt. So did John F. Kennedy. Dozens of other presidents expressed similar sentiments. They were talking about Thomas Jefferson, America’s third president. Carol Swain explores why their praise was so well deserved.
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There’s a reason why Thomas Jefferson’s face is on our coinage; why his sculpted head is on Mount Rushmore; and why there is a magnificent memorial in his honor in Washington, DC.
As British historian Paul Johnson put it in A History of the American People, “...no one did more than [Jefferson] did to create the United States of America.”
Born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia, Jefferson early on displayed an intellectual curiosity that would never be quenched.
He devoured books on history, science, math, and philosophy, while learning Latin, Greek, and French. He would eventually amass a personal library of 6,500 volumes, declaring, “I cannot live without books.”
There was virtually no subject which he didn’t find fascinating and didn’t try to master. Most of the time, he succeeded.
He graduated from college in just two years with a plan to practice law. At age 25, he won a seat in Virginia’s House of Burgesses-Virginia’s colonial equivalent of a House of Representatives-entering politics just as the American colonies were beginning to challenge British rule.
Although Jefferson was not a gifted speaker, he was a genius with words.
This gift did not go unnoticed.
John Adams and Benjamin Franklin-no rhetorical slouches themselves-asked him to write the first draft of America’s Declaration of Independence.
Their confidence was richly rewarded. Jefferson’s assertions that “all men are created equal,” and that “nature’s God… The Creator” had granted them “inalienable” rights formed the cornerstones of the American experiment.
Jefferson was not yet 34.
In 1790, President Washington appointed him to be the new nation’s first Secretary of State, one of the two key posts in Washington’s cabinet. The other post was Secretary of the Treasury to which Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton.
The two became bitter rivals. Jefferson distrusted Hamilton’s belief in a powerful central government; Hamilton thought Jefferson was an impractical dreamer.
Both misunderstood the other. This was probably inevitable given their strong convictions and considerable egos. And although it’s true that Jefferson was a lofty political theorist, he was also a cunning politician.
His hardball tactics angered or alienated people who had once been close allies-most notably John Adams.
After defeating Adams in a contentious election in 1800, Jefferson served two terms as America’s third president-a tenure historians still consider among the most consequential and successful in American history.
He reduced the scope and reach of the federal government-cutting taxes, lowering spending, and retiring half of the national debt.
This was the small-government Jefferson in action. But he had no problem exercising vigorous executive authority when he felt it was necessary. Nowhere is this better expressed than his greatest accomplishment as president: the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, or just four cents an acre.
In one fell swoop, Jefferson orchestrated a deal that doubled the size of the United States, incorporating territories of what are now fifteen states, while also eliminating the presence of a powerful European empire from North America.
After completing two terms, Jefferson, following Washington’s example, stepped down from the first office.
He spent the last seventeen years of his life at his beloved home, Monticello, an estate he built not far from his birthplace.
There, he not only founded the University of Virginia, but repaired his relationship with his long-lost friend, John Adams. They began a fabled correspondence that continued nearly to the end of their lives.
Remarkably-if one is so inclined, one might even say providentially-Jefferson and Adams died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.
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Carol Swain is a national treasure.
No she is just a lying spokesperson now
Absolutely!! Love her and listening to her talk.
@@loiscarrillo4058 - that still doesn’t fix her historical lying
@@Ajourneyofknowing maybe your just blind and lost.
@@Ajourneyofknowing "historical lying"? Would you like to provide examples/proof of this, or are we to take your word for it just because you say so??
God bless our founders, and God bless America.
Ironically, they were deists.
Founders & America👀👀
@@FactStorm that means they believe in God...
Additionally, only some of them were deists. Others like Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Jay, John Witherspoon, Roger Sherman were devout orthodox Christians specifically.
@@toeknee5565 A non interventionalist god, yes. They clearly didn't want religious encroachment into government
@@FactStorm that's not even remotely true. They unmistakably did want religion in government, just not "one specific" religion over others. Setting aside the deists (there were less than a handful of them), the shakers & movers amongst The Framers were what could be called "theistic rationalists" (term from Dr. Gregg Frazer) who accepted the existence of God the creater, his active participation in the world, and that most religions provided paths one could follow to both Heaven and Hell, which they believed exist. They did not accept any of the miraculous nature of Jesus Christ or the Miracles purported to have taken place in Christian doctrine.
They intentionally used federal government buildings for church services on Sundays, which most of them regularly attended (by the way, that does not mean they were Christians).
Go Thomas Jefferson! He is still living in us!
So good to see Carol Swain. Shes such a breath of fresh air.
Always!
I would suggest that you change your breath mint 😉
@@Mr._Moderate breath*
@@empathyworks8890 stale*
@kay van - well don’t because she is a dishonest segregation apologist
Still remember being blown away at a grade school tour by his accomplishments and his genius. Sure wished we had politicians even as half as good as Thomas Jefferson.
Half as good? I'd settle for 1/8th as good. The vast majority of the clowns we have now running around as federal level politicians couldn't shine the shoes of the Founders. I'm embarrassed for most of them. When they talk about the Constitution, they so often do so w/out understanding the proper context of when/why/how the founding documents were forged. It both sickens and angers me. I've said it often that the Founding Fathers would be calling for a government overthrow if they saw what a monstrosity the federal govt. has become, especially since the time of Wilson.
That's exactly what I was thinking imagine if we had politicians like this running the country, instead of this disgraceful clown show of idiots that are in power today.
If you liked Jefferson, check out James Monroe.
One of my historical heroes ❤️ Yes, he grew up in such a different time, but, the fact is, his accomplishments do outweigh his faults. I personally do admire Thomas Jefferson; he was one of the most brilliant minds to have existed in this country’s history
Completely agree.
celebrating slave owners. you support human trafficking.
if a man raped a fourteen year old girl for years but was really smart and a member of congress would you say his intelligence makes him a good man despite the rape?
If your a fan of the enlightenment and a liberal I could see you saying that . If you read the book on John Adams by David McCollugh They we’re close friends Adams and Jefferson. But Adams who was a religious man was far more tolerant of Jefferson’s indiscretions , Adams had to borrow from the Dutch to help pay for Jefferson s over spending. When Jefferson died they had an auction to help pay for his debts .never released his h his slaves , I could go on , but he wasn’t an honest man . Your right no ones perfect but that’s a far cry from what Jefferson did in his life ,
Thomas Jefferson penned, " all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." except for black people, Native Americans, women, Asian people, mixed children of Thomas Jefferson, poor white men, Muslins, Jews, and anybody that don't look like him.
True leaders back then. ......very few like these in our modern times. Sadly.
unfortunately rapists and pedophiles still exist sorry john
President John F. Kennedy once held a dinner at the White House in 1962 for a group of Nobel prize winners. During the event, he famously (and humorously) quipped, “This is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined here alone.”
Thanks for posting the correct quote, someone else butchered it earlier.
@marine vet Can I butcher the quote too, please?...
"This is the possible knowledge that I have of the White House... That if Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he would eat you all, you humans!"
Possibly my favorite of the Founding Fathers! Just a brilliant man.
Such a beautiful lady. My Aunt was from Roanoke and had the same melodic accent. I could listen for hours
Thank God for Thomas Jefferson.
Ironically, he was a deist..hence the Jefferson Bible.
Thank you, Carol Swain.
Carol Swain is one of most beautiful and gracious figures in the public discourse today!
Love, love ,LOVE this woman!!
Carol Swain ALWAYS rocks!🤘🏻
What about when she lied about the party switch when she fully acknowledged it in the past like everyone else
@@Ajourneyofknowing everything she said about the switch was true.
Dixiecrats died Democrats or were voted out
No big switch there. Strom Thurmond who switched was told by Nixon that he would work with him but he wasn't changing his stance on desegregation or Civil Rights.
Republicans didn't have majority in the South until 94. So no big switch there.
JFK started the change in the Democrat party and yes they became less racist, however there was no big switch of racists changing parties or a single Republican racist policy.
Face it racism is over. Hearts and minds changed long ago. Sure there are fringe idiots but as Mr Elder says racism is on life support. Let it die for the love of God
@@godssara6758 - this half hour video completely demolishes it & this is textbook history: czcams.com/video/MwuFIJlY7fU/video.html
Robert Byrd was a Democrat when he began his career in 1953, & he was a Democrat when he died in 2010.
The parties NEVER switched.
Stop believing propaganda & research the topic for yourself.
History is not only fun, it’s also enlightening when you take a deeper dive into it.👍🏻
@@briankeevan8134 - Byrd is only as much of a modern Democrat as Joe Manchin (who was elected 5 months after his death & has stayed Senator since) which has become ever more obvious due to how many Democratic acts died due to his 1-vote halting the Senate 50/50 vp tie breaking vote tactic. Now Republicans are now asking him to switch parties to the real 51/49 unbalance & see him as the last wall from the total Democrat tsunami- czcams.com/video/6S-FnpL6xag/video.html
What a wonderful short presentation of Thomas Jefferson!
Thank You!
A lot of young folks don’t realize how much a bad ass these men were
A legendary Virginian. Thomas Jefferson was pretty cool too 😉
Thank you Ms Swain, your commentary on the life of a great man, Thomas Jefferson, is notable. I wish more people would get to know him. A man for his time, who served the public good!
Thank you Dr. Swain. Enjoyed your presentation and learned some things I did not know about the Founding Fathers and their views. Thx for these history lessons PragerU...very helpful for me as well as my teen.
Don’t watch her party switch video
@@Ajourneyofknowing Why not?
@@richardbenzler346 - She made her public debuting personal as the one going against all history by saying that the party flip was a hoax based on her 21st century mindset & ironing over the electoral process
@@richardbenzler346 lol. Because the guy above is worried that it tells the truth about the Democrat party lies regarding the big switch that wasn't
Ms. Swain you are such a wonderful speaker it is my honor to have watched this most important piece of American history. I am not an educated man having never finished high school but because of great men like Thomas Jefferson I have been able to work hard to send my children to college and trade school so they too could enjoy our American dream.
Its amazing that a handful of men within a decade changed the course of world history
I have always loved Jefferson, he's such an interesting and important part of our history.
Fun fact: during the war of 1812 the library of congress was burned down by the British. The government purchased Jefferson's library to replace it because his library was that extensive.
Jefferson attempted to change the slave laws so he could free his slaves in 1769, and the crown said no, in his Antislavery paragraph in the original draft of the Declaration of Independence and South Carolina said they would walk if not removed, as President he was always for gradual emancipation. In 1807 he signed law prohibiting new slaves being imported in. Due to debt he was not able to free his slaves. He was an early abolitionist
Yes, and he was denounced for opposing Virginia's manumission (emancipation) law by ignorant leftists who had never read the law. That law made freeing slaves far more difficult, requiring the slave owner to demonstrate in court that the slave had earned his freedom, and also requiring that the former slave leave the state of Virginia with the former owner bearing the expense of his travel to a state that would accept him.
Really? Then, why would he kept them for the rest of his life?
@@daniellifire7852 coochie too fire
He'd totally let his enslaved people go, stop forcing them to serve him and stop abusing them, but he was just one guy without real power to do so, you know how it is. Edit:/s
@@daniellifire7852, because, as I already noted, and as God's Sara also noted, it was illegal for him to free more than a small number of his slaves.
Carol Swain, you were an absolute treasure. Thank you for the wonderful history lesson.
Thank you for the CliffsNotes version of Thomas Jefferson. Please, more of these on the founding fathers.
What a awesome historical snippet,
Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, both great
A great and true story, told by a wonderful woman. What else could you want? Keep em’ coming PragerU.
Because she lies
Thanks for sharing! What gets me by surprise of Tomas jefferson singing the declaration of independence "all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights, life liberty and pursuit of happiness" so on & so on. The thing that surprises me that what he wrote "is the same wards what moses said form God" so i read. Even our founding fathers Washington, adims, jefferson, you name it didn't really want to have to keep haveing slaves, it just had to take the right president to free them with was Abraham Lincoln. But nowadays kids are losing their minds, losing their respect, towards each other and their own country all because they don't understand any bit of true history behind their country.
Only when the issue escalated to the near collapse of the nation being revolted against
I absolutely love Thomas Jefferson in history. He's an absolute chad!
A well-balanced representation of Jefferson.
I love Dr. Swain! So awesome!
A pretty face made beautiful by her appealing smile.
Not to mention, very intelligent. My husband, who is
white, just adores this women.
Carol Swain brings truth to the table!
No she doesn’t
@@Ajourneyofknowing Reeeeeeee!
Wonderful presentation. Thanks so much. ❤️🇺🇸❤️
I love Carol Swain. She’s an elegant lady!
Why?
"We haven't had this much intelligence in the White House since Thomas Jefferson resided here."-John F. Kennedy
This quote was said by John F. Kenndey to all the Nobel Laureates who attended a dinner at the White House.
Thomas Jefferson was also the favorite president of Abrahma Lincoln, Franklyn Delano Roosevelt and Ronal Reagan.
"We once were Jeffersons children. Today we are living in Alexander Hamiltons America."-Ronal Reagan
More videos with Carol, please
Love this lady!
Thank you to lending your voice and talents to this topic
You’re beautiful and inspiring
Dr. Swain is a beautiful and wise woman in all ways. Thank you, Dr. Swain.
Beautifully articulated account of history. Not whitewashed, and not a "woke" adaptation of the truth. Thank you, ma'am.
Thank you Dr. Swain This is a reminder of how are country first got started. We made improvement along the way. Hopefully we can still improve more too. Thanks for the post.
😂
Jefferson sold his collection of books and documents because of his debts (he was a bit of a spendthrift) to congress and that started the Library of Congress. He knew that being the President after Washington would be very difficult because Washington was so loved so he made sure Adams became President first. He was always a few steps ahead of others and had a long term vision.
Thank you for this. I was already aware. He just happens to be my favorite president.
I'm so grateful 💕
Thank you, thank you!!!
I could watch content like this for days!
This is really riveting stuff!!
This moved me greatly.
Love your content
Fantastic!
Beautiful
Thank you
Excellent love this lady 👍🏻
As usual for Prager U, a perfect presentation.
Intresting man!
Carol well said thank you mam!
Thank you Carol
Ms, Carol Swain, it is so enlightening, and charming as well, to hear, and watch you present such a wonderful video. Thank you, and PragerU for all of this information. Doctor G.W.
No she’s a career liar
@@Ajourneyofknowing no she's not. She is telling the truth. Sorry you don't like it. Truth hurts. Democrats still the same slave masters except now they want to enslave everyone
Thank you for this.
Okay, you win, PragerU, Thomas Jefferson was quite awesome.
Nah, merely another hypocritical slave owner.
Wow, great one. Thanks! I like Carol Swain! :)
You forgot to mention the slaves were inherited. And he was in debt. The law of the time stated if a slave owner freed his slaves and was indebted to another, the debtor could capture those freed slaves and enslave them again. It was also illegal in Virginia to teach slaves to read, which Jefferson did.
Excellent summary.
*_Two blessings in one video:_* Carol Swain and Thomas Jefferson! And I'm glad she didn't sugar-coat Jefferson too much. Understanding the man becomes impossible without knowing the details. During his cabinet position, for instance, he upset his boss (Washington) by going against him on some issues. You see, the young Jefferson had a brief fling with one of the precursors of *_Communism_* -- Jacobinism. Thankfully, by his own presidency, he outgrew his naivete on this *_Darkness._*
REFERENCES:
*_"Overview of America,"_* JBS video [the real Left-Right paradigm]
*_"Myths vs. Facts,"_* JBS video series [how we got the Deep State and a crazy government]
*_Intellectuals and Society,_* 2nd ed., by Thomas Sowell
*_A Conflict of Visions,_* by Thomas Sowell
*_Dumb Genius: How intelligence is sometimes its own worst enemy_* (hardcover, paperback, ebook)
Thomas Sowell & Carrol Swain are both discredited pundits
@@Ajourneyofknowing Says the "Mighty" anonymous! LOL Thanks for your discredited opinion.
@@RodMartinJr - No the rest of the historical community are fully aware of their lies & misconceptions like her denying the party switch
Thanks Carol
Wow! Thank you!
Carl Swain what a lovely and intelligent lady.
Excellent
I love you Carol!
Great job!
I appreciated Jefferson and Lincoln as I think in ethics.
Very informative
She's so awesome
Very good vignette
"We were once Jeffersons children. Today we are living in Alexander Hamiltons America."-Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jeffersons Limited Government vs Alexander Hamiltons All powerful Central Government. President Ronald Reagan was so right...
Succinct, yet thorough, 5 exciting packed minutes #BelovedProfessor…
Great video
Wow! Shane on me as this is not what I expected.
The pen, the sword, and the engine.
I love Carol Swain!! Her personal story IS the American dream. I hope Prager U gives her more time on the site.
Then she ended up becoming the villain then
@@Ajourneyofknowing Then TRUTH is villainous then??
@@54fighting5 - When she knowingly lies to support her political party
@@Ajourneyofknowing OK but I was talking about her personal story. The one she has shared in interviews. I guess you know more about it than she does. Thanks for your input.
"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.... I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." Thomas Jefferson
Very well said! What Jefferson did in the Declaration, was to give a promissory note to future generations that would ultimately abolish slavery. Why didn't he just end it in the Declaration? If he did,
the 13 colonies would not have ratified the Decleration & you needed a unanimous vote. Remember, slavery was here over a 100 years before the U.S. was born sanctioned by England.
This fact is often overlooked.
Yup, inalienable rights were sacrificed for political expedience, and his own comfort and well-being.
@@ratofvengence Not his own. The country to be. If he didnt, there probably wouldn't of been a United States.
@jamesdavis6036 Oh yes, his own. Jefferson profited from owning slaves his entire life. Interesting you admit the founding of the nation was based on slavery.
I would agree Dewey. Too many elected officials these days tend to do what is popular,instead of what is actually right.
An excellent bill in Congress is for Uncle Sam to award all citizens, perminant residents, and foreign workers here on work Visa's $20,000 after 36 months of full time work, part time and volunteer work included in the sum total, towards a home purchase whenever they are ready to buy one. This is a Grant, not a loan. Also in the bill is to award all citizens and perminant residents anytime after 100 months of full time work, part time and volunteer work included in the sum total, 2 months part time equals 1 month full time, between $100,000 and $2 million in a lump sum for their business start-up or already existing business. The dollar amount issued will be determined by the size of the business and work experience. The citizen must spend at least 50% of funds awarded on their business or business related items. This is earned and is a Grant, not a loan. The printing and issuance of money is validated by any legitimate labor, production, goods or services for society. Also there needs to be a bill in Congress limiting total taxation of the citizen. An example of this is - No more than 4% federal income tax on taxable income. No more than 4% state sales tax. No more than 4% local taxes, town/city/county combined. Social Security can stay at 6.2% and 1.45% Medicare, but cannot exceed a total of 10%. Also price regulations should be installed on hospitals and private practice doctors who are authorized to use the Medicaid and Medicare card.
I highly recommend *Thomas* *Jefferson,* *an* *Intimate* *Biography* by Fawn Brodie. She gets into great detail about Jefferson's personal life. She was the first to argue for his siring children by Sally Hemings (well before DNA confirmed this), and yet the details spoke well of Jefferson.
DNA merely confirmed one of a couple dozen Jefferson males fathered at least one of the children. There is no conclusive evidence that Thomas was the Mr. Jefferson in question.
@@BuddyLee23, he was the only one with motive and opportunity. Sally Hemings lived in his house with him, was half-sister of his deceased wife, and was strikingly similar in appearance to her. He took her to Europe with him where she was therefore free, and he had to agree to free her children in order to win her back to returning to America with him. His political opponents wrote songs deriding his love for her.
@@SavingCommunitiesDS you need to read books that site all of the evidence.
DNA only proves that any one of 8 Jefferson males could have been the Father.
The DNA also proves that Tom Woodson, Sally's first born when she got pregnant in Paris was NOT Fathered by any Jefferson what so ever .
DNA was taken from a descendant of Field Jefferson.
The last two Eston and Madison where born when Jefferson would have been 62/63 and then 65/66. Not that it's impossible however makes it more unlikely especially since they didn't have Viagra then. Eston born in 1805 and Madison in 1808.
There is also evidence of his younger brother being there when Sally conceived and delivered. There is also written claim of Jefferson not being at Monticello for 15 months making it impossible for him to be the Father of Eston that was found too and diary from one of his overseers.
Also, they go by oral history for the book you read and all of the oral history claiming Jefferson was the Father of Sally's first son is not true based on the DNA test. What is really sad about this is people on the left are writing and saying he was a pedO for having sex with Sally at 16 and it's not true. Woodson the child she would have had at ,16/17 is not of the Jefferson line. If he did Father Eston and Madison Sally would have been 31 and 34. She was born in 1773.
Jefferson in a letter admits to the accusations about a neighbors wife before he was married and about 25. He said he was young and it was wrong however said the rest of the accusations from the federalists are not true. (I'm paraphrasing here)
This is far from conclusive.
@@SavingCommunitiesDS in addition there are accounts of the Carr brothers and Jefferson's brother being known to hang out with the slaves. Sally was recorded as beautiful. Do you seriously think Jefferson would be the only one with motive to attempt to sleep with a beautiful girl ?
Basically we still don't know.
@@godssara6758, Thomas Jefferson was the only one with motive and opportunity. In *Thomas* *Jefferson,* *an* *Intimate* *Biography,* Fawn Brodie made a very strong case for TJ's paternity before there was even such a thing as DNA. His friends quietly acknowledged his closeness to Sally, his enemies ridiculed him for it, and he took her to France with him, where she immediately became a free person. He had to woo her back to Virginia.
63 and 65 is not that old to father children. Julio Igesias, father of the famous singer, fathered a child at 90, and the record for fathering a child is 101. This occurred long before there was Viagara.
So many times I hear people criticize Thomas Jefferson for writing, "All men are created equal," yet not freeing his own slaves. I would however compare him to a smoker trying to quit smoking, but having no one around to help him quit.
So you’re paralleling the corporations & the unregulated industries
@@Ajourneyofknowing No, I'm comparing Thomas Jefferson who knew slavery was wrong, but couldn't get himself to free his slaves to a smoker who knows smoking is unhealthy, but has trouble quitting.
@@BoundyMan - Inanimate cigarettes aren’t comparable to human lives you made money from off on their backs or children
@@Ajourneyofknowing the addiction to something bad, whether it be tobacco or slavery, is comparable. They both give you temporary pleasure, but hurt you in the long run. And whether you're a smoker or slave owner, you both end up hurting other people as well.
@@BoundyMan - So your profiteering or being the plantation master is an addiction and temporary pleasure? Unless you’re broadly talking about industries exploiting unregulated foreign labor, smoking disorders were only discovered & vindicated by modern science (to which the cigarette companies continuously suppressed) while enslaving people where as you wouldn’t want to be in their place was obviously from the beginning
This is the Kind of Professor in college I would have liked to Listen to not the Woke Diatribe of today.
❤😊
I would love to sit in a class she taught just to her her talk.
Lincoln gave credit to Jefferson since he clearly and very early in the document wrote "All men are created equal". This is regardless of the fact that their backgrounds and economic family status and physical or mental traits are diverse. I say diverse instead of superior and inferior in this case.
Lincoln gave credit to Jefferson to giving 'hope' to the rest of the world since he seems to have a 'resounding' universal truth that all men are equal in the eyes of God, regardless of the hand they are dealt. All men are equally inheritors of sin, but they are also equally loved by God.
It is my understanding they he treated his slaves as employees and paid them the same wages he would have had to pay anyone else hired to do the work. Also, the only way he could divest himself of the ownership of his slaves would be to sell them.I was illegal in VA. at the time to simply grant slaves their freedom. The only legal way to free one's slaves was in your will at your death. Washington did this. Jefferson did also, but unfortunately, he was a very poor manager of his own finances and his slaves were sold to help pay off debts.
If you read Jefferson's first rough draft
Oops hit the wrong button
If you read Jefferson's first rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, there is a paragraph advocating for freedom for slaves.
@@leottacobb7444 If you tap the 3 dots to the right, there is an option to edit the comment. Hope this helps.
Hail to Thomas Jefferson one of our founding fathers. What about the genius of George Jefferson?
This is what I learned back in school how come they can’t teach it in today’s schools
Because they make history boring
Because the Marxists left want to teach white man bad America bad. Let us turn America socialist and communist, give us all your stuff and your rights or we will call you names waaaaaa we want free stuff and we will exploit past racism to do it
I'm wondering if his motivations for trying to free slaves was so he could be with his save Sally. I remember hearing he had a secret relationship with her after his wife died and it's unsure whether it was forced or not, not to mention it was very common back in the dayfor teens to marry as they we're considered adults by then. I'm not saying he's a purfect man, but cut him some slack is all I'm saying.
anyone know a good biography on T. Jefferson that is an honest take like Carol's here?
Lot of that misunderstanding the other around
Yeah, Thomas was awesome. Him and his 600 slaves.
This "don't judge people by today's standards" has become a tired trope and cliche. 1) It is an "appeal to popularity" fallacy, legitimizing behavior just because is was endemic to a time and people. 2) It implies that somehow morality is more evolved today than back then, which isn't necessarily true. 3) It is a subtle way of canceling people who may have genuine and substantive opinions in order to sustain a preferred narrative.
Here's an example of item 2 above.
Take a guess who said this: “Would anyone believe that I am master of slaves of my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general INCONVENIENCE of living without them. I will not, I cannot justify it. However culpable my conduct, I will so far pay my duty, commitment, and responsibility, to virtue as to own the excellence and rectitude of her precepts, and to lament my want of conformity to them.” (emphasis added)
It is the same person who said, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of CHAINS and SLAVERY? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” (emphasis added)
Patrick Henry was willing to die for HIS liberty, but wasn't willing to release his slaves because of... inconvenience?
“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” ~Gandhi
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Wouldn't he be a great prototype of what was right about America during her founding?
People tend to exaggerate & hyperbolize these "larger than life" figures...
But Jefferson is the real deal. There would not be any America without Thomas Jefferson...and if there was, it would look nothing like the America we know & love.
Thomas Jefferson is EASILY my favorite founding father.
"My only disappointment in researching the life of Thomas Jefferson, was the finding that he was a rather humorless man. If Benjamin Franklin had authored the Declaration of Independence, there may have even been a joke or two found within it. Jefferson was a much more stern, serious man. If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, I think he would be absolutely horrified that we haven't annexed Canada yet. He would be appalled by the idea that Great Britain's flag was still allowed to fly in the Americas."
-Christopher Hitchens
Appalled that black people can vote, attend school, and say no to sexual assault
there is no MLK without Thomas J