Jefferson

Throughout American culture, many different people, organizations, and even entire nations and cultures have been portrayed in historically inaccurate manners, either positive or negative emphasis, and Thomas Jefferson, one of our own “founding fathers” is no exception. When given the “traditional classroom” view of Jefferson, he is made out to be a great hero of our nation; any personal blemish or fault simply did not exist for this great man. But on the other hand, when given the harsh reality, one cannot help but notice the stark contrast. Many noble-minded portrayals of Jefferson fail to mention the fact that he owned hundreds of slaves, and coincidentally leave out the fact that he view whites as racially superior to all. The passage that I read was intended to tell the truth, and that’s exactly what it did.