“Interpretive signage throughout the estate places slavery at the forefront of each historical feature by adding the word ‘enslaved’ before every possible job description, often multiple times: ‘an enslaved cook,’ ‘enslaved postilions,’ ‘Jefferson’s enslaved valet, Burwell Colbert.’”
Hang these Aholes out back.
According to the New York Post, one of the first paintings visitors to Monticello would see when they enter the home is a work depicting Jefferson’s slaves weeping.
One sign at the site questions the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.
“Is ‘all men created equal’ being lived up to in our country today? When will we know when it is,” it stated.
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Monticello Visitors Shocked After Discovering Tour of Jefferson’s Home Has a Woke New Spin
07/11/2022 11:14:58 AM PDT · by bitt · 41 replies
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4077662/posts
Eww. Everything *they* touch gets ruined.
I’m glad I visited Monticello when I was a teenager.
No use visiting there anymore.
Martin Luther King thought homosexuality was a mental disorder. And he advised homosexuals to see a psychiatrist. Perhaps all sites dedicated to MLK should emphasize that fact, and ignore any good that he might have done.
Not only did Thomas Jefferson play the leading role in writing the Declaration of Independence, but as President he also GREATLY expanded the size of the USA via the Louisiana Purchase!!!! Then he sent Lewis and Clark to explore the territory—and beyond!!!!
Jefferson also played a leading role in drafting the Northwest Ordinance, which created a template for the creation of new States north of the Ohio River, in which slavery was prohibited!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Ordinance
Jefferson was a complex man, and our greatest intellectual President! Turning Monticello into a woke exhibition about slavery does him—and ALL Americans—a grave injustice!!!!
A most impressive founding father who doesn’t deserve this kind of treatment. There’s no indication that he ever mistreated his slaves. There’s no way he could’ve freed them considering there was no place they could’ve gone and not be mistreated. Would be great if this sh$t could stop.
That’s so disgusting. We toured Monticello about 3 years ago. Our tour guide was excellent. He talked about Sally Hemings as a trusted and important member of his staff. Our tour guide was a very well read historian and he was even a black man. I went in thinking this would be a Jefferson is scum tour. Instead it was a great day.
Someday in the 23rd century when dogs rule the world, the woke people of today will be condemned for having pets. Judging the people of the eighteenth century by twenty first century social standards and lifestyle is condescending and foolish.
I was there about 10 years ago and was really moved by the experience. Jefferson was a brilliant man who created an impressive farm and undertook many creative endeavors there.
The next time I go, I am going to laugh and giggle at the descriptions of slavery, just to piss everybody off.