Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the United States Documentary
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Met him once. kind of weird guy
how much I hate you for creating big faces for your own lack of confidence, good job.
I have a unknown painting of Jefferson made by French Painter Jean Jaques Desoria , let me know if you want to use the image
@@joeg5414Funny 😅
I live down the road from all this. His house is on top of the foothill looking down on Martha Jefferson hospital. I love living in this area. The view and the landscape is beyond beautiful.
I’ve always wanted to visit the Appalachian region. Too bad it’s become so poor.
Me too!
@@SwissCheese112 - What?
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@@SwissCheese112 The people of the mountains of Appalachia have always been poor folks.
I consider all the land North and West of the Shenandoah Valley as Appalachia!
*Jefferson was a man of his times which were complex on many social and political levels. Certainly the greatest political genius of his times, he was yet hobbled by his personal flaws in regard to his maintaining slaves himself. Surely an economic consideration as a southern agrarian businessman. Yet beyond all his foibles I admire Jefferson as one of the greatest Americans in history.*
What a serious contradiction in your comment!!! How could he be one of the greatest Americans ever when he enslaved even his own children.
That is the most reprehensible act in my book, but I guess being Asian, I cannot understand how white men think.
Was Jefferson a great man? Yes.
Was Jefferson a hypocrite? Yes.
The one does not necessarily cancel the other.
The takeaway: Was Jefferson a human being torn by both inner and historical conflicts? Yes.
Are there any great men, or women, who aren't hyprocrites?
Was Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton? Yes
Did Hamilton and Jefferson hate each other? Yes
@@tok713 There is no man or woman alive today and in history who hasn't been a hypocrite.
He was without a doubt one of the smartest human beings that lived during the enlightenment. Regardless of what people who couldn’t even tell you the first 3 presidents think.
Well said!
I love listening to a southern British accent. Very easy on the ears.
My personal favorite president. The internet is severely lacking in video documentaries on his extraordinary life. Thank you!!!
A pedophile can never be my favorite anything
It's disgusting that a statue of the man was just removed after he tried to liberate as many as he could.
Not a fan of Jefferson personally ( slavery doesn’t help but most unfortunately supported it at this point, however undermining Washington and Hamilton is unforgivable to me) but undeniably an effective President
This guy literally had slaves and you say he's your best president? You should be ashamed of yourself
@@SithFamso anyone who was invloved in slavery or the slave trade we cant be a fan of or just the founding fathers.
Certainly, Jefferson was a brilliant politician & forward-thinker, realizing on an intellectual level the pitfalls of slavery. On a personal level, however, he seems to have found it more expedient to maintain the unfortunate status quo of holding his own slaves. Shifting gears, 21st century Americans would do well to consider the concerns of George Washington regarding the "spirit of party" leading to instability & despotism, with the current schisms dividing Republicans & Democrats. I have always described myself as a "democratic republican". I had no idea I'm echoing Jefferson's own description of his political position. An insightful man.
He only found that Idea after he was having children’s with his slaves.
WASHINGTON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WHO FREED SLAVES AND EVEN WHEN HE HAD SLAVES THEY WERE NOT REALLY SLAVES.
They had homes, they had guns, and they were learning how to farm and other trades that went with farming, including doing business.
Washington was stingy as shit thought, maybe that’s why he didn’t want to sleep with any slaves or other flying hoes!
Today's partisan division is quite distinct. One party stands for a competitive functioning democracy and the other a fascist cult. Washington likely didn't envision that.
@@marcostar57 Ah, this nation saw such political divides before, my friend, in its struggle for independence from Great Britain, & the extreme rhetoric which eventually led to the Civil War. Washington & other founding fathers were forward-thinkers; hence, the safeguards they established in the Constitution & the Bill of Rights. They also considered the past, incorporating democratic principles from the classic Greek concept of "republic". There is nothing new under the sun, & sadly, past mistakes return to plague humanity again & again. Thanks for your reply.
@@marcostar57 Just for kicks, who are the fascists?
@@marioarguello6989fascism is about control. The definition previous to about a year ago included control of speech and disarmament of the opposition. Just like hitler and Stalin. Neither cared about left or right as do I, it was about political opposition. The first thing hitler did was imprison his political opposition in Dachau opened in 1933. He had the Scholls beheaded in 1943 for nothing more than distributing anti nazi leaflets. I think Sophie Scholl was only 22 at the time. And her and her brother started out as hitler youth
Davy Crockett please. LOVE your work! I listen to them at night. Seriously, thank you for these.
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Well done vid! Your voice is quite good , clear and pleasant to listen to and the life of Jefferson thoroughly presented. Thank you
I would say that Thomas Jefferson was farsighted for his time
They legalistically wouldnt let him free his slaves it was hard to to it not impossible. So he started a family with one of them. Eventhough that wasnt allowed either. A slave wasnt legally allowed to be a wife so it had to be their little secret their family existing. Not impissible in 5000+ acres. Her children grew uo and they knew how to olay violin because jefferson knew and clearly taught them because he knew he was their father and he was trying to be one considering the harsh times asmnd circumstances. When they were freed one of them even changed his name to jefferson. Its very odd how his kids were his slaves but i mean he clearly didnt want that. They were far ahead of their time. Jeffersons neughbor was suspcious at all the half black half white kids running around his neighbors property and word got out. It was sad but it was also a real family that existed. You can imagine jefferson and hemmings discussing many things. They went to france and slavery was illegal so he paid her a wage for being a servant like an employee and then he begged her to go back go usa as a slave if her kids were freed Its very unusual 😂 but when you remember who thomas was friends with it was all guys actively working to free the slaves so to them it was long term thinking. She may not have been allowed to be fre but they were going ti make it so the slaves could be and in the long run that would mean the childrens chikdren of hemmings and jefferson wouldnt be slaves. They had all these terrible laws imposed that made it so if yiu imoreganted a slave her kid would be a slave even if they were over half white. Hemmings was like 7/8 white but still a slave because she was the child of a slave. They were trying to change that. Theres no way jefferson wouldnt liked his children being his own slaves. It was a secret family because a white founding father getting with a slave and having babies was flabberghasting to all the people who at the tike thought usa was going to be ran like europe where only elite marry elite. Jeffersons neighbor was trying to make him look bad for having mixed race kids. They were like, you can have slaves but no mixed race kids thats just too far! 😂😂😂😂😂 it was dark times. Slaves werent allowed to get married so thomas kept track of his slaves families in secret. They founded tge coytnry but al lthe legal vattlegrounds and actual wars to set thenrecord straight hadnt happened yet
@@TheAnnoyingBoss There is zero verifiable proof that Jefferson fathered any of Hemings children. It's all pure speculation.
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@@TheAnnoyingBoss i equate it to this……
Say you are a vegan, and your uncle leaves his cattle ranch to you with over a 1,000 head of beef, 500 milk cows, and pens for chickens and turkeys…… what do you do with them? What CAN YOU DO WITH THEM….. every impulsive action you might consider will only result in their situation being not better and most likely worse……. Thats the situation Jefferson was in
Why can't both be true. For the saying goes, " don't ever meet your heroes for you will be bitterly be disappointed"
Sad but he was a walking contradiction! A people pleaser, that was why he won the election. An Adams lost! He stole a lot of ideas from Adams! That is why Washington and his wife couldn't stand him anymore! He literally betrayed Adams! There is a very good reason why Jefferson burnt all his letters to his wife. What is he hiding?!😳. If we only knew!
Not AUDY MURFEY
Jefferson was neither a hypocrite nor a hero on the issue of slavery but rather a realist who endured to preserve the then fragile fabric and manage the conflicting interests of the young United States. Without Jefferson’s genius and strong convictions, Lincoln wouldn’t have been able to reach Jefferson’s ultimate goal of abolishing slavery.
You are right on point. Too many over narrowly focus on a single point and miss the mosaic. There are so many interrelated issues but it can only be judged as a conglomerate, not stitch at a time.
Plus it was ILLEGAL for him to free his slaves
But you’re ancestors wasn’t one being subjugated, in bondage, raped and wealth stolen. So I can see why you have have that mindset.
For men who were raised groomed into the idea that it was normal to be born into a slave holding family in a society where slaves wwre treated like commodities globally, you could tell by their life accomplishments that they deeply wanted to see the future of the nation after they were gone to not go that way, but to go the opposite. They couldnt free their slaves when Their neighbor just enslaves them and they arent allowed to buy land or get a good paying job. They had to go in and make the foundation not for a slave hokding nation but a nation they knew was agead which was goingnto be more successful without slaves than any slave holding nation ever was. As soon as things like cotton jin and seeing machine started coming out. The civik war, the amohnt kf slaves plummeted although there was still the 1800s and man yo udidntnwant ti be a slave or not un those times they didnt even have ibuprophen to knock the edge off your headache 😂 they amputated without painkillers and they got to chopping slicing prying
I wonder if Jefferson wanting to make the best of a bad situation treated his slaves/fieldhands and servants well. There is evidence that he did, and certainly Sallie and James, brother and sister, agreed to return from France to Monticello, and slavery upon Thomas' pleadings. They must have considered therefore their lives as slaves on the plantation as something that they looked forward to and did not dread.
Jefferson's words are inspiring and Monticello is amazing. We all have hypocrisy in our own liives, so, as far as Sally Hemmings' offspring with him - I think her descendents can decide how they view his life. I have heard some of them speak and they have been open to meet their relatives from Jefferson's wife & don't push for reparations. Jefferson did keep his word to both his wife and Sally Hemmings. He didn't remarry, and he let his children by Sally Hemmings leave Monticello when they turned 21 if they wanted. Many of them settled in Ohio and have done well on their own accord.
I see we have the same surname, my ancestors landed in Wilmington,N.C. in the mid 1700s. And eventually settled in Southwest Louisiana at the time of the Louisiana Purchase. My direct ancestor from lreland by the name of Nathaniel West is in a cemetery where modern day Allen,Rapides and Vernon Parishes(Counties) all three meet.
I was born in Louisiana but raised a Texican!
Exactly. As nobody is 100% truthful, hypocracy is up there with it. Its of to what degree ones honesty fluctuates that describes his character.
He was both a brilliant statesman and a hypocrite.
@@rosemaryshores433 As are you Rosemary. As we all are.
Hemings. Reparations yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Amen.
Hypocrisy is the BANE of people- it is never to be acceptable under ANY circumstance as it only perpetuates itself where accepted. I very good documentary and let the words of all good historians "That we can only judge others actions by the times they lived in not in ours". Jefferson was a wealthy and well landed individual and that he would take up with a woman and then turn their children into slaves while stating "All Men are Equal" IS hypocrisy in any time. Your Children ARE your CHILDREN. Many served and have served this Nation and he is one- for his words and good deeds we hold as self-evident Thomas Jefferson SERVED his Nation with Dignity- not so for some who came to SELF-SERVE.
He was extremely self serving. Are you joking?
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." --Thomas Jefferson
He was fighting the matrix all the way back then bro. Whuch conforms the minds of people into obeying complying allowers of evil. The blind eye turners
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My fav.
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.
Thomas Jefferson
God The Father
God The Son
God The Holy Spirit
“I am one the biggest bigots in history.” Thomas Jefferson.
it would appear that he was a man of great philosophical ideals who lacked the moral and spiritual strength to uphold those same ideals. this is seen in his dealings with slavery, with the french revolution and the seditions act to name a few.
exactly! I am almost finished with the book American Sphinx by Joseph Ellis. Jefferson was able to compartmentalize his opposing ideals. I highly recommend the book for an in depth analysis of Jefferson through his letters.
Jefferson is a shining example of the necessity of the "Death of the Author" viewpoint. We can celebrate his writings as an inspired articulation of the modern recognition of basic universal rights while also castigating him for the monstrous actions he took upon the people he held in bondage.
Tut tut
Jefferson said of slavery,"It's like holding a wolf by the ears, You don't want to hold it but you're afraid to let it go".
Monstrous action 1: Owning people
Monstrous action 2: Having sex with a person you have total life and death control over. That's rape, there is no consent when you are a slave.
Monstrous action 3: Trying to excuse 1 & 2 using an analogy that likens people to cattle.
Go back to your cave loser, you're 0-3. 1865, 1945, 2020 👋
@@JohnnyRep-hz5qh "Does a farmer mistreat his cattle?"
Pink Floyd song:
"One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces".
Roger Waters said it was inspired by the sight of a cow peacefully grazing in a meadow.
It's all perception I suppose.
Yes! Love your channel! Keep on making this incredibly enterteining and informative content!
As to TJ and slavery, "Great men have great flaws...." It's not much of an excuse, but it's the only one he's got.
Behold...I give you Chicago!
@@philiphorner31 lol weak talking point 😂
THJ lived in Poplar Forest, his Summer home. I am from here. I have lived in Cville too and visited Monticello as well. I love being a Virginian. My elementary school was named after Jefferson, same with my high-school. The street I grew up on is named after Jane Randolph, THJ's mother.
So what. I worked at Thomas Jefferson High school 🏫. No big deal.
@@suzettebennett816 - Okay, no big deal 🤡
@ethanpurita Got your back -- NY
I love how people who don't know the complexities of the time, and call Jefferson a hypocrite without realizing he couldn't free his slaves if he tried.
Yup, it was literally illegal to do so..
Completely False. As a matter of fact he did free 2 of his slaves.
@@toddcass642 So it's completely false because he freed two slaves that you failed to elaborate on how he acquired them? By all means, include more of your proof behind your "correction," because most of his slaves were bound to the land that was mortgaged to President Jefferson. Property laws back then were more nuanced than, "he let two people go, so they're all under the same circumstance."
Exactly!! I like to think he would have, but it was so unpopular at the time.
@@toddcass642 I want to see your evidence that discounts @sammiches6859. If you cannot produce the information that you THINK you know, then I would ask that you have the intellectual integrity to pull down your post.
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Yep British American presidents made Americana while English Americans were well educated it was handed down to them by the Romans whi educated the English they caused wars pulled out and there people stayed on in that country and took over the government of America the English done same thing every country thet invaded including Britain and Ireland caused civil wars as they changed there reglion threw Henry 8th because he wanted a divorce he changed it ti church of England protestant the chance in reglion would separate the Catholics native Scottish Irish and Welsh from there invaders caused alot of problems in Britain
What an amazing place and what an amazing man sure did he have flaws yes plenty of them but he also helped craft for us the finest document ever drafted by man. It is so sad the way people try to judge everyone across the scope of History through the lens that they gave you everything here in modernity
You cannot judge the history by contemporary rules
We all have flaws. Flawed individuals are all God has to work with, and he deals with it. So should we. What he did, along with the other Founding Fathers, is not only miraculous, but Providential. God's Hand was on them. I pray we never forget it.
As Pastor Steven Furtick has stated: (Do)|n't| judge yesterday's actions with today's wisdom.
@@HopefulHealingGardenthere is no god.
Requesting the 7th president next: General Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory!
As long as they cover the blatant disregard for the law and enthusiastic genocide...
AJ was an effective tactical commander. (Yes, that was period) His Presidency has to rank as one of total disregard for kae and basic human rights. I usually refer to him as the POS that followed Johnny.
KAE should be law. Sorry for the typo.
@@kilermekov Shut the hell up. You’re happy about Trumps indictment too. You’re better than Jackson? You’re nothing, nobody. You’re not better than these men. Just keep being nothing and shhhh.
Great documentary. And the truth should set you free.
Just discovered this channel, such interesting and great content!
As nobody tells the truth 100%, There's a bit of hipocracy in all of us as well. Now, getting ourselves to admit it is where the challenge is.
My Left Foot.
@@freddyfurrah3789 So when someone asks you, "How ya doin'?" And you say, "Fine, thanx.", You're being honest? You have no problems in your life?
It is hardly the same thing as not recognising your Children. I visited Monticello recently and the horses lived in better accommodation than the Slaves. He was a man with vision, but he consistently failed to live up to that vision. The Founding Fathers were not the Gods many Americans hold them up to be.
No man is without contradictions. Politicians are particularly unprincipled.
Stop referring to the democratic republican party as Republicans. They were the democratic party. They dropped republican name and just called themselves the democratic party.
Requesting John F Kennedy. And Robert Kennedy
Sir.....Not a single video on Indian profile.....Kindly make few videos on Indian personalities too!!
I agree. Where do we start?
Good morning sirs
Dr.B R Ambedkar
@@Hard_Right Dr. B R Ambedkar was one of the most proficient leaders of the world and you are saying he's not worthy of biographies
What about Chinese personalities, and a few Pakistanis too? Do you have any recommendations?
Someone suggested American Indian leaders. I think that's a great idea.
Do Millard Fillmore. A lot of people probably never even heard of him, and he was a president
The channel Leather Apron Club has a good video explaining why it is extremely unlikely that Jefferson fathered any of Hemming’s children, but rather Jefferson’s brother Randolph.
More than likely was his brother's.
I was going to bring up this video as well. Thank you Sir
Jefferson was a great statesman and a hypocrite at the same time. Enslaving your children is not to be taken lightly. A great documentary .
Yeah, he was on the right track but he was indoctrinated into a society that made it impossible for him to realize his own philosophical beliefs. George Washington had the same problem. He became a slave owner before he hit puberty. I think it's safe to say these men were conflicted, mainly due to the racism and elitism inherent in their very culture, from the ground up.
Most great men in history were/are hypocrites. Being an acceptable hypocrite is the world's greatest skill.
Cry more, I don't see you protesting these wars that the USA is waging to destroy millions. Way worse than what Jefferson did. You liberals are so dense sometimes.
He tried to free all slaves. The other members struck it out not to mess with the south. His wife died he made that pact never marry again at 39 maybe he kept the slave to keep his young companion and children close. I admire him as a leader. Great man of his time.
He never slept with the slave. The evidence is flimsy, second hand accounts, and 1/25 chance for the "DNA".
Great show. Extremely informative.
A fascinating complex man. Full of contradictions.
We're all walking contradictions throughout the course of our lives. Being cognizant of those failings is the first step to a remedy. Jefferson, among others, would serve to lay the foundation upon which subsequent generations could strive to perfect that union...progress and reform itself through public policy is slow...smallpox and COVID are fast. As a privileged man of his time, he was a public servant with the resources and means of plantation aristocracy to put forth ideas that would eventually become contrary to the interests of that very class...see German Socialist immigrants throughout the Midwest US in their arguments for agrarianism, support of the Republican Party of the time, in opposition to the westward expansion of that plantation aristocracy turned secessionist patrician republic. He was a flawed, exceptional man that ultimately challenged this nation to continue that incremental, generational change with an influence on these shores and abroad.
Fine job. Thank you very much. One small point, I believe it was Franklin who suggested the phrase "self evident" as a revisions to a religious "God given right" that Jefferson had in his first draft.
At 1:26, this is the Whalehead Hunt Club in Corolla, NC. built in the 1920s. Not sure what that has to do with the Randolphs. Anyway, it’s a nice museum to visit.
Has no one ever mentioned that the first white men to USA got their land for free? And that all successive land owners had to BUY it?
Thanks for sharing this wonderful historical coverage video about Jefferson 3rd US president
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Amazing foresight on the part of George Washington.
Yes! I thought the same.
Not a very fair assessment. Assuming he could have freed his slaves, it was never that simple I'm that time. Perhaps, keeping them as slaves but, treating them as free in everything but name... Educating them, providing a safe home, never ever punishing them with brutal violence... Perhaps Jefferson was doing the right thing after all. It wasn't uncommon in that time for freed blacks to be forced back into slavery and...it's not as if the north loved freed blacks. Although many opposed slavery and rightfully so. They still believed people of African decent should be removed from America. Whether it be central America as Lincoln onced proposed or several slow boats back to Africa.
No, I think it's much more complicated and no one alive today can honestly judge anyone in that era. These "slaves" all cried and opened their masters death and I like to think it's more because they say him as a father and not a master.
Btw.... Washington couldn't free his slave while he was alive. Well, while his wife was alive. They were her slaves. He inherited them from her family and legally...he wasn't permitted to free them. Funky laws those days. And again... simply freeing them wasn't always in their best interests. Like Jefferson, they could be preferred and treated with liberties on Washington's land and as his "property". Remaining as his property ensured their safety.
Slavery was and still is abhorrent. More poeple are enslaved today that ever was at its height in America. I would much rather we Americans, regardless of our ethnicity, would come together as Americans at work to end the slavery that exists today! Let's put our energy there while still remember the sins and travesties of our past!
Either Aaron Burr or Henry Clay could make for an interesting video. :)
Jefferson was in debt with liens on his real property. His slaves were included. He had no opportunity legally after death to free all his slaves as Washington had done. Washington was able to provide training and an annuity for his freed slaves according to Virginia law. Jefferson could not. None of these liens were exercised during his life due to his popularity and status as a founding father. He did free Sally's children. Whether due to her being his wife's half-sister or possible children from relations with one of the Jefferson males in the area is unknown. No one in his family ever implied or in any way hinted of a relationship with Sally of a sexual nature. Everything about Sally is myth or theory and unproven, but although unlikely not impossible. His estate was saved after his death from seizure by Patriots paying off his debt. The Government also paid for his large collection of books for the Library of Congress. The first nail in the coffin of slavery were Jefferson's nonqualifying words, "all men are created equal."
Also Thomas Jefferson didn’t father any children from his slaves. His brother is widely believed to be the real father.
beautiful words
In regards to the DNA evidence "proving" Jefferson as the father, it did not, this is from NPR with the people of the study stating is it could be from Randolph Jefferson. And that's just the best case scenario, other genologist called them out for bad practices to reach foregone conclusions.
"Dr. Foster's DNA evidence indicates a sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings." Subsequently Mr. Jordan admitted that 'after the initial rush to conclusions came another round of articles explaining that the study's results were less conclusive than had earlier been reported.' Dr. Foster also later admitted that 'it is true that men of Randolph Jefferson's family could have fathered Sally Hemings' later children. The title assigned to our study was misleading in that it represented only the simplest explanation of our molecular findings:'"
His relationship with Sally has been proven by DNA tests ,present day...
Nope. Slavery was ended by Patriotic Yankees defeating 11 pro slavery states including Jefferson's Virginia. The Declaration of Independence had nothing to do with that fight.
I enjoyed your video but wish you had factored in Jefferson's contribution to architecture in the newly formed United States. Jefferson brought Palladian architecture to America, in the design of his own homes, in the homes of his neighbors, in the design of the UVA and inspired much of the architecture of the nation's capital. Jefferson even submitted a design for the White House.Truly a brilliant, if flawed, man.
The video is also a little incorrect in saying he never tried to sway his statesemen in freeing slaves. He did write a draft of the Dec of Ind that condemned King George III for allowing slave trade, and it was deleted by the other delegates. And later (in 1784 - in the Confederation Congress), he proposed that new western territory was governed by congressional control until the population grew to the size of the smallest original 13 state, it could petition for statehood, with a provision that the new states prohibit slavery. Congress voted that provision down. Also In 1784, Jefferson helped draft an ordinance for surveying and selling congressional lands; though superseded by the Land Ordinance of 1785, Jefferson's ordinance established the basic framework of federal land policy. The 1784 Territorial Government Ordinance was replaced with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which did prohibit slavery in those lands organized north of the Ohio River. The problem Jefferson ran into was that he tried several times to get "everyone" to free slaves, because he knew that a freed slave (particularly in his time and even up through the Civil War) were often kidnapped, papers taken up, and resold to new plantations in a different state to prevent their original owners from being able to verify that they were, indeed, freed slaves. He could see the great conflict of slavery and the devastation of a Civil War (maybe not the degree of the fighting and death it ended up being), particularly in a new nation that would've just then been consumed by Great Britain again, or perhaps even taken over by France, once America tore itself apart. And as for George Washington - while President in Philadelphia, a slave was automatically freed after living there for 6 months - so every 5 months, George Washington would rotate out his slaves with slaves from Mount Vernon in order to prevent them being legally freed from underneath him. And, of the 317 slaves at Mount Vernon in 1799, 123 individuals were owned by Washington and were stipulated in Washington's will to be freed upon his wife's death (not his own death). However, these conditions did not apply to all slaves at Mount Vernon. When Martha Washington's first husband Daniel Parke Custis died without a will, she received a life interest in one-third of his estate, including his slaves. The other two-thirds of the estate went to their children. Neither George nor Martha could free these dower slaves by law. Upon her death the slaves would revert to the Custis estate and be divided among her grandchildren. By 1799, 153 slaves at Mount Vernon were part of this dower property. Forty more slaves were rented from a neighbor, while another man, Peter Hardiman, was rented from the widow of Martha Washington's son. All these people would eventually return to their owners. So, he didn't free "his" slaves, only gave them to his wife to be freed upon her death (she died 3 years later) - and that was also less than half the slaves that were at Mt. Vernon. Washington and Jefferson can easily be called hypocrites, for sure, but to say Jefferson is while Washington is not is also hypocritical. If anything, I'd say Jefferson was a brilliant man that solved a lot of problems - unfortunately slavery was not one of them (but hey, even Einstein's brilliance ended up giving us the atomic bomb, for what that's worth).
Fantastic documentary
Please do Micheal Colins Ireland 🇮🇪
I think Jeffersen was both. It's very possible and history bears it out that many times people do not live out to their ideals. That's why it's an ideal. I would even argue that sometimes the ideal is virtually impossible to enforce.
Thomas Jeffersen's failure to adhere fully to his philosophy simply denotes him human and as all the rest of us, missed the mark in many areas
Providence always plays its' sublime melodies of freedom and progress progress through means of flawed instruments.
There can be no greater Hypocrite than a person speaking out of both sides of his mouth.
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the jeffersons were moving on up
I did a project about Thomas Jefferson when I was in 3rd grade
This is truly an incredible channel
Holding historical figures to modern expectations of behavior is both naive and childish. Social justice hypocrites are constantly on the prowl looking for people to crucify for either ancient or nonexistent crimes.
Do not judge people of the past by the standards of today. It’s fruitless to do so. THJ was truly a great man within the pages of history.
Imagine TJ writing the declaration and our current President who can’t even read it……
Like Senator John Kenedy (R) Lousiana would say, "until we get the pigs out of the creek the water wont clear up"
Unlike Donald Trump and the Justices he appointed, Joe Biden has the constitution memorised.
Jefferson wouldn't be very popular with Republicans, that's for sure.
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.
Thomas Jefferson
Excellent documentary. Jefferson was simply a Man of His Time, and should be judged as such.
i’ve live in charlottesville, va all my 24 years of living and i love it! kinda boring but i wouldn’t trade it!
Thank you for your wonderful & Honest presentation about America's founding fathers.
Thanks for sharing. This video was well presented and thought out.
History has shown the good and evil in man. And to this day has not change man's fate or destiny given situations only he can decide for himself.
Regardless of the lessons and philosophy handed down throughout history. No one can walk in another man's shoes. Only his own, and he will find he is not much different.
Being human is our only excuse.
He got fucked when he was born into a slave holding family bro. Then the corruot pro slavers were like "YOu hAvE tO iNhErIt tHoSe Or EslE, YoU caNt FreE thEm, oNly bUy oR seLl" and then hundreds of years later thet want to act like as if it was a choice he ahd any power in making. The legal framework was corruptly erected before he was born he was going to inheret slaves whether he liked it or nit. It was just a real werid time. Kinda like the light shines brightest in the darkest times type situation for real
As Daveed Diggs puts it in Hamilton's American documentary - "You don't have to separate these things with Jefferson. He can have written this incredible document, and several incredible documents that we all sort of -- with things that we all believe in. And he sucks. You know, I think those are both true, and those have to be both true. I think we really have to stop separating them, because that's where you get into trouble. That's when you stop letting people be whole people."
The hipocrasy was it keep us for another or future civil war.
His disputes didn't result in violence. And adding The Lewis & Clark Expedition with all the gains as we are a dysfunctional species with primal interests and godlike powers is what E.O.Wilson says of Harvard. He was an Entomologist and went on sabbatical is where I met him in late 1979. Watson took over at Harvard with the first DNA research done here in this country.
Is E.O. Wilson still alive ?
"Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness" are Epicurean values, and Jefferson declared himself Epicurean to his friend William Short in an epistle, not only that but he said he was a TRUE Epicurean. Also, at Monticello, he influenced and mentored the feminist author Frances Wright, who was calling for the emancipation of Black slaves, and who authored "A Few Days in Athens" (the most well-known Epicurean novel in English). Jefferson adamantly dedicated his entire life to propagating and defending his Epicurean values, yet very rarely do we find this mentioned in history books.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas was a Great thinker,not a very good person. He had his own Breading program on his family plantation!
You mean ‘breeding?’ Tell us more and also where you got the information.
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Jefferson was quite the enigma. Although this was a top notch bio, I am not a Jefferson fan. More of an Adams kind of guy.
My Great-Great-Grandfather (1870-1967)spoke to someone who met Thomas Jefferson. The person who met Jefferson was named Charlie
The story has been passed down by generations, and according to the story, Jefferson was a very curious man, always asking more questions about you rather than expressing himself, all with a happy and smiling character, a very optimistic person.
We don’t know who he is, but my Great Great Grandfather has stated that the person he spoke to that met Thomas Jefferson was named “Charlie”. We don’t know who this Charlie is, but by great grandfather was 14 years old when he met Charlie, and that Charlie was in his early 90s, meaning that he must have been born between the years 1785-95.
My Great Great Grandfather said, in the years he was alive, that Charlie was a prominent soldier, enlisting in the American military in 1808. He met Jefferson during his military service, right before Madison was sworn in as President. He fought in the war of 1812, and served in the military until 1830. Charlie wrote a memoir to remember this conversation with Jefferson, which is how Charlie remembered it over 75 years later, in the 1880s when my great great grandfather met Charlie.
My family knows Charlie because Charlie was a far neighbor, who lived a few blocks away from where my great great grandfather grew up. We know Charlie died in 1885, and had a son named Henry, who lived in Indianapolis. Henry moved in with Charlie in 1884 after Charlie’s health was rapidly declining. Henry was supposedly born in “1830” according to Charlie, but Henry looked a lot older. Henry remained in the house after Charlies death, until Henry died around 15 years later.
I’m providing all the info I know just in case anyone in the reply section has any questions.
The man known to history…
Thomas Jefferson was a libertarian statesman of his time
Debates over the age of consent and the ability to sell one's self into slavery ARE repeated refrains in Libertarian circles...
The way we are going, in two hundred years civilization can look back and call us barbaric for owning pets, or farm animals, beasts of burden. It’s ridiculous to look back two centuries and hold anyone up to today’s standards and laws.
Ey man thank you I'm loving the videos !
Agree with Jefferson on one thing. The slaves should have been freed and sent back to their families with financial settlement if they wanted to go.
Jefferson knew US wasnt strong or rich enough, Britain France can easily reconquer a weak US. He learned from living in France liking their post revolutionary politics even bringing Sally to France and begged her to come back home to US with him. This means he loved Sally and their children. I give him credit because the dude is from British nobility, to even talk smack about his King and help lead a revolt and have relationship with his wifes half sister who's black and loving her. The standard of his time show he meant what he wrote that all men are created equal. But if his new government dont watch it, the reason I believe he was smart, if weakened US then all will be taken back by king loving nobilities of Europe. Even out witting Napoleon's government for extra $5M more than the $10M the US gov was willing to buy the small city not only NewOrleans Jefferson took Louisiana double the whole land of the continental US! Jefferson was able to do this against Napoleon lead government, who conquered most of Europe! Great job Jefferson!
"the pursuit of happiness" was added at the suggestion of Franklin. 😊
Excellent presentation. In answering the 2 closing questions,
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AMERICA ! A WORK IN PROGRES !!!
We really don't know when his ancestors came here. There are many theories. We can't be even sure where they came from.
Please do Ferdinand Marcos former Philippine President
Great video
People are all conflicted. I think Thomas Jefferson is certainly one of the giants in world history. And his words inspire people around the world to this day.
It would be nice, it would be nice… to have Hamilton on your site
Might I add that no man has the right to own another man woman or child no matter how well they are treated - no one has the right to own another.
I believe Jefferson was a genius and as one of the founding fathers of the United States, he helped create one of the greatest nations in the world. That said, he is not a perfect person and certainly was a hypocrite in his views and practice of slavery. His views were not reconcilable with his practices. Whether his practices were a result of his desire to preserve the privileges of the white landowners in Virginia, or as a result of his own personal motives really doesn't matter.
Just so you know at the age of 14 not old enough to consent to any sort of "relationship" with a grown man.
Especially when he legally owns you.
Just so you know, maturity at an early age was a necessity for both men and women. Try to understand the time period and not project the extended and nurturing of adolescent behaviors of our times where we can’t seem to become mature individuals until the mid twenties and beyond. Examples, Hunter Biden, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, etc.
This presentation irresponsibly omits information regarding the laws on manumission which limited options.
Enslaving his children, then setting them free, this watered down all he did; in my min that is
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He kept his family together. That was his reasoning. Leaving his children to his children to look after..setting them free would have assured they be turned out to the world homeless black and subject to being sold off to God knows what. Now slavery is disgusting, please don't misunderstand me. You asked for his reasoning there it is
This is the most dishonest reasoning to justify slavery . Delusional a$$ Karen
He could have freed them and still provided for them. Others did just that…
@Flowers it wasn’t impossible. Others had done so. He also could have sent her to the north or even France after the first child, yet he kept making babies.
I appreciate the answer but I don’t hear the same violins. Despite his talent and contribution to the world, he was gross. Sally was his wife’s sister…
There is absolutely no excuse!
I hope you will make a video about Sargon of Akkad, the founder of the first civilization in history in Mesopotamia, and another video about Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, as he is a great country
I too would like a documentary about the great Carl Benjamin!
When seen in the light of Washington's freeing of his slaves upon his death, Jefferson's legacy, despite his brilliance, is sadly tarnished.
You don’t t have many Wild West videos. Can you do Calamity Jane next?
The economics of the republic were in such a state that Jefferson saw the only real way to end slavery was through changes in government. However, if it were not handled extremely carefully, the South would be plunged into an economic depression and lose a large amount of political voice.
Economic depression and loss of political voice vs. treating humans like humans... 🤔
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It doesn’t have to be one or the other. Abraham Lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation (which didn’t free a single slave) and it directly led to Jim Crow and racial lynchings for 100+ years.
Also a large income provided by enslavement.
@@emaarredondo-librarianit’s all simple to a simpleton…
I find it difficult to fully trust a non/American to tell me about USA historical hero’s. Your IKE report was fairly accurate throughout his youth and war career.
But it appeared to be more of a commentary than report during his presidency.
If you demand to tear down any Confederate monuments, you need to demand to tear down all Jefferson monuments including the one in Washington and Rushmore
And all the Greek, Roman, and Norse era stuff too as all those had slavery too but everybody don't wanna talk about that now don't they?
Right
Confederate monuments are in remembrance of people who took up arms and killed Americans in order to overturn the very government that Jefferson and Washington helped establish and served in. Regardless of any arguments regarding the morality of idolizing slaveholders it is a fact that those Confederates memorialized by said monuments were traitors. We do not honor statues of those that took part in Shays Rebellion, why do we do so for the Confederate Rebellion?
@Slamz Dunk True, some were put up to memorialize slavers, racists, and traitors while others were put up decades later in order to build the myth of the Lost Cause and try to justify Jim Crow laws in the early 1900s.
To imply that there are some "good" Confederate monuments is the same as trying to imply that there could be "good" Nazi monuments. All are symbols dedicated to regimes built on idea of racial supremacy, systematic enslavement, and murder.
@@Nebulasecura Aayla yeah we were going to tear all the Roman and Norse statues in America but we didn’t find any. 🙄
Thank you for the greatest of the history of the president of the United States .
Thanks.