What's the Charitable Interpretation of Thomas Jefferson?

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A, well, ok, that's a pretty uncharitable appraisel s jefferson. I mean, to unite the country and actually have a country, he had to make compromises with the southern states and ounow they wanted slavery. And wouldn't that be a more loving thing to do, is, you know, not rape your slave, but fall in love with the black woman and have children with her because you love her? That seems to be a more charitable way to look at it. Anyway, iow this, this defenistration of everybody that doesn't meet our moral standards that were established. You dot last t Tuesday. He know, historicallyit seems pretty problematic

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