Thomas Jefferson, a Controversial American Hero

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Thomas Jefferson is a controversial American hero. He was one of the authors and signers of the Declaration of Independence, a framer of the Constitution and the third President of the United States of America. He led a versatile career as statesman, architect, scientist, educator, inventor and planter. He led early efforts to abolish slavery but was a slave owner himself.

How could the man who wrote, that "all men are created equal" own slaves (Wilson 111)? Thomas Jefferson's happiness began at his home in Monticello, his whole "art of avoiding pain," came at the cost of inflicting pain on others - the pain of slavery

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