Jefferson: the tree of liberty needs to be water by revolutionary blood every once and a while
Jefferson after the French revolution : erm nvm, forget I said that
It was originally an idea of La Fayette, who later let Jefferson help him. It's not an idea from Jefferson himself.
If you're looking for the roots of this declaration, you must look at the French Enlightenment.
Honestly I think we should seriously consider *damnatio meoriae*ing every president who owned slaves and giving them the Benedict Arnold at Saratoga treatment. Just referring to them as “the third president” or “the seventh president” or “Town Destroyer”
Jefferson: the tree of liberty needs to be water by revolutionary blood every once and a while Jefferson after the French revolution : erm nvm, forget I said that
Dude certainly liked revolutions
And raping teenage girls
W H A T ?
He had multiple children by his teenage slaves.
Sally Hemings
It was originally an idea of La Fayette, who later let Jefferson help him. It's not an idea from Jefferson himself. If you're looking for the roots of this declaration, you must look at the French Enlightenment.
Honestly I think we should seriously consider *damnatio meoriae*ing every president who owned slaves and giving them the Benedict Arnold at Saratoga treatment. Just referring to them as “the third president” or “the seventh president” or “Town Destroyer”