How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...
Thomas Jefferson is either the most prolific, hypocritical liar in American history or the victim of the most profane defamation of character allegation in 250 years. There is no gauzy middle ground ...
When it comes to the idolizers and detractors of Thomas Jefferson, the historian Gordon Wood makes a trenchant point: “We Americans make a great mistake in idolizing . . . and making symbols of ...
The following recent archival discovery may be of interest to CounterPunch readers one week after the nation’s 250 th anniversary. Dear Thomas Jefferson: We hope that you and your slaves are enjoying ...
In 1811, a visitor to Monticello reported that Thomas Jefferson cohabited with enslaved Sally Hemings and fathered children whom he kept in bondage, a rumor that haunted the Founding Father’s legacy ...
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