Posted on 01/21/2024 2:02:09 PM PST by Eleutheria5
The man known to history as Thomas Jefferson was born on the 13th of April 1743 at his 0:09 father’s estate of Shadwell in Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 0:16 His father Peter Jefferson was a surveyor and planter who owned several plantations 0:21 in Virginia, including the tobacco plantation of Shadwell which he founded in the 1730s, 0:27 worked by slaves and free labourers. At the time Virginia was one of the thirteen British colonies in North America, but in 0:35 just over three decades it would become one of the leading states behind the creation 0:40 of the United States of America, the nation which would call Jefferson one of its most 0:46 prominent Founding Fathers. The Jeffersons had been in Virginia since 1612, and Peter was a wealthy and influential 0:54 member of Virginia society, assuming positions of responsibility as a colonel of the militia 1:00 and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. As a surveyor, Thomas’ father would find himself charting unknown lands, encountering 1:08 wild animals on occasion as well as other dangers and so the young Thomas looked up 1:14 to his father as a powerful figure who commanded the respect of his peers. Thomas’s mother, Jane Randolph, hailed from Virginia’s most prestigious family, a reflection 1:25 of his father’s social standing. The Randolphs first came to Virginia in 1642, and by the 1670s Jane’s grandfather William .....
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Well the woke aholes took over his house Monticello, and demonized him.
They demonize everything decent and good.
The hallmark of post-modern deconstructionism. Find a beautifully constructed sandcastle on the beach? Kick it over! Someone does something noble? Mock it by pointing out his shoe was untied etc...
Maybe they can blackwash Jefferson to fit.
I think Samuel Jackson could do it well.
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