• subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      Read up on Sally hemings. She was his wife’s slave and believed to be half sister (cause her dad raped slaves). Jefferson in his later life was generally against slavery, but unwilling to put his money where his mouth was. Especially where it came to his (highly questionably consensual) side piece, Sally, or her (their) children.