men in history that people revere but who were actually evil people
Thomas jefferson was a worse person than all these confederates that liberals whine about it. He fucked his slave sally hemings when she was 14 multiple times. in fact, he inherited sally hemings from a slave master who raped sally hemings's mother(whom sally hemings is a product of)
Hemings went with him to France where slavery was illegal and could have simply walked away from him and been a free woman yet chose to stay with him and act as his wife in all but name.
Also, people revere him because of his writings and his contributions to the formation of the United States. None of those are diminished because of his personal failings.
Carson Cox
>Implying that Jefferson-Hemings isn't the greatest love story ever told
>Hemings went with him to France where slavery was illegal and could have simply walked away from him and been a free woman yet chose to stay with him and act as his wife in all but name. Kidnapping victims act like that sometimes.
Cameron Green
>Jefferson getting prime ebony tang
ugh, why is this bad?
Logan Reed
A slave cannot consent because of the nature of their status as slaves makes it impossible. They have no personal agency, they are at the whims of their master.
Jace Miller
Even if you ignore the slave aspect, having sex with a 14 year old girl multiple times when you're a grown man is wrong
Noah Lee
>believed democracy was a disease >traded slaves but gets remembered as the antislavery founding father >played role in attempted coup of continental Congress led by richest man in the country, Robert Morris >wanted America to be run by an alliance of the military and wall street >used national bank to enrich himself and his friends It's no wonder he's so popular among liberals.
Aiden Mitchell
Well that and he was black, or mixed-race at the least.
Jayden Gomez
He should been hung alongside Adams.
Logan Barnes
He would take Sally to France where she wasn't a slave, she could've walked away or said something to a police officer and didn't. They loved each other and he freed all of her children upon his death.
Thomas Jefferson hated slavery and (unsuccessfully) tried to end it during his presidency but failed because he didn't have any support. He successfully ended the slave trade though.
He also obtained most of his slaves from his wife's father when he passed away, but also acquired his debts. I think it was 1793 when a law was passed that made it so if you free your slaves and you had debts, your debtors could seize the slaves.
I suggest you at least skim a Thomas Jefferson bio before posting nonsense like this next time.
Nathaniel Adams
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William Gonzalez
You're right, but to act like you would think that way in the 1700's is bullshit. That's kind of the main thing about criticism of the founding father's. It may seem like a cop out but certain stuff was just the norm and nobody could comprehend it any other way. Like the fact that there are slaves in Thomas More's Utopia
Nicholas Turner
>Yeah dude, she could have just left behind her entire family, to live in France, a country currently have a civil war during this time, with no money whatsoever, it would have been that easy!!!!!!!!
Jonathan Rodriguez
Who are you quoting 'dude'?
She wouldn't have had any money if she were a freed slave in America either. If she were being beaten and raped I think staying in France would have clearly been a better life for her.
Jeremiah Edwards
If you had a choice between being poor for a short period of time and being raped daily you would choose the latter?
Nathan Phillips
He's memeing about your first point, while yes staying in France would be an ideal solution she would probably never see her family again and be surrounded by people whom she has no connections with and she most likely didn't know how to speak the language.
While staying in France wouldn't be bad, staying in America was the best choice.
Tyler Cooper
Staying in America was the best choice because she wasn't being beaten and raped. If she was, she obviously would have stayed in France.
You can honestly say if you were being raped daily you wouldn't get out of it if being in France for a little bit was your only way out?
Blake Robinson
Sally Hemings spoke French.
Anthony Cox
>says he was evil >goes on to explain he was alpha
What did he mean by this?
Kevin Smith
It's like I stumbled across the "21st century American morals and mindsets should apply to the entire globe, across all cultures and time periods" board. Bunch of fucking mental midgets in here. Damn.
Jose Green
It was the norm a couple decades ago in most places, not centuries. Feminists have really rewritten history.
Gabriel Ramirez
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Adam Reed
I would try and runaway in a place where I would possibly have more of a support system and connections, if that didn't work then yeah I would run away in France.
My fault, didn't know that.
Chase Watson
There is no evidence that Jefferson was abusive to Sally.