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[Opinion] 5 Inconvenient, Ugly Truths About America's 'Founding Fathers' And Slavery
Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery an “evil” practice, but owned hundreds of them. George Washington left slaves for ...
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I study modern-day slavery—and here's what I've learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions
This kind of thinking continued with America's Founding Fathers, including Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson condemned slavery and warned of its dangers, saying in 1820 that enslaving a human was like ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Thomas Jefferson’ On History, A Docuseries That Takes A Balanced Look At The Founding Father’s Life
Thomas Jefferson has shades of the History docuseries ... has come under fire in recent years because of his history with ...
History Channel’s ‘Thomas Jefferson’ Docuseries Explores Paradoxical Elements of Third President
When we think of Thomas Jefferson, our third president ... out that he was a politician who railed against the evils of ...
‘Thomas Jefferson’ Review: A Full Portrait of the Founder
At a 1962 dinner for Nobel Prize winners, John F. Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when ...