Jefferson seems to imply the squat, little guy was a pampered freewheeler.
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Happy July 4th! Great day for a barbecue here in Milwaukee. However, before i fire up the grill, how about a sad but true historical fact about the author of the document we celebrate on this day. Having just finished an outstanding biography of Thomas Jefferson, I learned that despite his effort to abolish slavery by speaking and writing against it, throughout his life he owned 600 human beings; and at the time of his death, instead of freeing them, he had them sold. Below is Jefferson's 1769 ad offering a reward for the capture and return of one of his run away slaves. Honestly, i get no joy raining on someone's parade, but history is important, don't you think?
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