Thomas Jefferson, a matter of hypocrisy

Thomas Jefferson. He did a lot of good things for this country. Like establishing the Declaration of Independence and even presiding over the country it's self. BUT, he was also a huge hypocrite. Even if it doesn't seem so from all the good stuff we hear in 8th grade about the founding fathers, the stuff you don't hear is what really makes it. Here, have a quote from the Notes from the State of Virginia, "we have had under our eyes the races of black and of red men, they have never yet been viewed by us as subjects of natural history." Okay, now that doesn't sound like something Jefferson would say right? It completely contradicts "All men are created equal", Unless of course, he doesn't consider people of colour to be "Men". And even after the talk of freeing the slaves, he comes up with some "When freed, he is to be removed beyond the reach of mixture." stuff. I might also want to add, this guy had children with his own slaves so I don't know what his game is. Let's look at some definitions, "Hypocrite: A person who engages in Hypocrisy" and I guess "Hypocrisy: The claim or pretense of holding beliefs, standards, opinions, qualities, behaviors, ect. that one does not actually hold." So, how does that apply to Mr.Jefferson? Well for starters, the words "All men are created equal" doesn't apply if he himself owns slaves and treats them quite harshly, according to his Notes on the State of Virginia. He talks about experimenting on them to see if they were truly human, like burning them, subject to "Solvents", all the fun things anyone would love to do to human beings. So, is he really such a good person? Does he really fit the Encyclopedia Britannica's definition of him as the "Long regarded as Americas most distinguished Apostle or Liberty"? Think about it.

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