of Jefferson is the relationship with Sally Hemmings ....

and Annette Gordon Reid wrote a brilliant and powerful book on that relationship

almost as if trying a legal case -- and she certainly proves her case, imo.


Other than that, however, I'm only averagely familiar with Jefferson except for the

quotes we come upon so often -- including here at DU.

And his comments, of course, damning the Bible as violent and disgusting.


I do like to believe that
Somewhere in his churning brain, he knew how screwed up it all was, including his own attitudes and actions. Because he was far from a stupid man.

Agree that he knew, but I think the die was cast for our nation and the planet when we

adopted capitalism and the dollar bill. How much better off we would have been without

both as the Native American tried over and again to point out to the "discoverers" -- !!