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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a millennial who went to UVA so we obviously grew up admiring him. Right now I am reading a biography of him, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. I am obsessed. He was so smart and well educated and ahead of his time in so many ways but I know he is considered controversial today since he was a rich plantation owner who also had a "relationship" with one of his slaves. I am curious what people think of him these days.[/quote] How we think of many people of his era -- whether geniuses like Jefferson or farmers who used slave labor. They lived by the standards and mores of their times. The United States and a large part of the world have evolved since then. We should not judge those people by today's standards.[/quote]
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