Why did Thomas Jefferson get romantically involved with Sally Hemings?

[Anonymous]

what is slavery?

Anyone who is forced to work without pay, being economically exploited, and who is unable to walk away.
Note: Forced Labor, also known as involuntary servitude, may result when unscrupulous employers exploit workers made more vulnerable by high rates of unemployment, poverty, crime, discrimination, corruption, political conflict, or cultural acceptance of the practice. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable, but individuals also may be forced into labor in their own countries. Female victims of forced or bonded labor, especially women and girls in domestic servitude, are often sexually exploited as well.

from Call + Response's Made in a Free World page: https://madeinafreeworld.com/slavery/

Remember that the director of "12 Years a Slave" Steve McQueen dedicated his Oscar to the 21 million people still enslaved today.

Don't romanticize slavery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what is slavery?

Anyone who is forced to work without pay, being economically exploited, and who is unable to walk away.
Note: Forced Labor, also known as involuntary servitude, may result when unscrupulous employers exploit workers made more vulnerable by high rates of unemployment, poverty, crime, discrimination, corruption, political conflict, or cultural acceptance of the practice. Immigrants are particularly vulnerable, but individuals also may be forced into labor in their own countries. Female victims of forced or bonded labor, especially women and girls in domestic servitude, are often sexually exploited as well.

from Call + Response's Made in a Free World page: https://madeinafreeworld.com/slavery/

Remember that the director of "12 Years a Slave" Steve McQueen dedicated his Oscar to the 21 million people still enslaved today.

Don't romanticize slavery.

Saw this and first thought "huh, he died 30 years ago" I need to keep up with current happening more