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David Perlmutter's avatar

Jefferson went into debt because he kept buying books! (I can relate). But they were pretty much all books that he read and were all clearly of use to him...

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Scott Gibb's avatar

Thanks for the Jefferson bio recommendation. Pre-ordered your book, but will I read it? I hope so. Is there anything better than a good book?

I visited Monticello this past spring. Had read Willard Sterne Randall's bio of Jefferson in my twenties, but the Monticello slavery tour exposed me to a new facet of Jefferson.

Questions about Jefferson's slave property taken from the Monticello website:

How many people did Thomas Jefferson own?

How could Jefferson write “all men are created equal” and still own human beings?

Did Jefferson free anyone he owned?

https://www.monticello.org/slavery/slavery-faqs/

In addition to the "Behind the Scenes Tour" I recommend the "From Slavery to Freedom Tour" at Monticello.

https://www.monticello.org/visit/tickets-tours/?utm_source=pnav&utm_medium=website

https://www.monticello.org/visit/tickets-tours/from-slavery-to-freedom/

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