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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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Ben L.'s avatar

Jefferson Tinder: books and black booty 🌝

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