The Elliptical Arch in Monticello's Library
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2017
- Jefferson was Monticello's architect. But many of its finest architectural features -- including this lovely Elliptical Arch in Monticello's Library -- were realized by two highly skilled joiners, James Dinsmore, a hired worker, and John Hemmings, who was enslaved at Monticello.
From Jefferson there extended out so many many wonderful things.
Including slavery! How charming.
President Jefferson, such an intelligent, forward thinker. He was one of a kind, for sure.
Love Monticello
@Big Bill O'Reilly TRUMP ISA LAUGHING STOCK A CLOWN
The dome room is kinda disappointing from the inside I would be better if it did had a floor and you could see up from the entrance.
Thanks for making this all about slavery rather than supreme craftsmanship. ass.
The whole thing is about slavery..even when you go there you mostly listen about slavery. I wonder if its all about slavery at mount Vernon. I thought that Monticello will be more about Jefferssons life rather than his slaves, not that it wasnt bs to own slaves but who am I to judge a person who lived 300 years ago by todays standards who also wanted to free his slaves when he was nearing the end of his life but couldnt because of his debts and banks not allowing him to just set free his "property".
That’s the thing though. When you own slaves and everything was made possible by slaves, that is where the conversation will ultimately lead to. Jefferson designed Monticello, but the enslavement of these people made it possible. You can’t simply pretend ignore or pretend it never happened
@@patroclus3555 - What do you mean .. "Pretend or ignore it didn't happen'? No one is trying to do that, and there was nothing about my comment which suggests that. Yes.. he held slaves.. I get that.. and everyone gets that. He was also in conflict about it. That much is clear. - However, there was a lot more to Jefferson than the fact he owned slaves. He was a man of his time, and to judge one who lived over 200 years ago by Today's enlightened standards is nothing short of some desperate need to just be offended about something. The video was titled "The Elliptical Arch in Monticello's Library".. Not "The Slaves of Thomas Jefferson."
Agreed. So sick of the Liberal Bullshit! John Hemmings was not "enslaved" at Monticello. Why can't you just say "He was a slave at Monticello." It is obvious that Monticello has been taken over in recent years by those who wish to "re-educate" us about our history of slavery by building it into every historical look at Jefferson or his magnificent home. Jefferson was a slaveholder--so was Washington--so was Andrew Jackson. So what? They did not consider people of color to be full human beings back then--neither did the rest of the world. So deal with it. But stop dealing with it dishonestly and/or making everything about it. So SICK of this--the video was entitled "The elliptical arch in Monticello's Library", yet there's almost nothing about that in the film!
@@patroclus3555 Nobody's ignoring it...but if I wanted to go the National Civil Rights Museum and/or it's website, there are different places for that. I thought this was supposed to be a video about Thomas Jefferson's Library archway....I'm finding more and more that his house is being turned into nothing more than a re-education camp about slavery by Liberals...
But most of the architectural elements are only available to someone with a big enough piece of land that you don't have neighbors staring through your windows.
I tuned in to hear about Jefferson's Library architecture... not slavery.