Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-06-13
Books mentioned on Part Four: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites
Robert and Prop conclude the story of Thomas Jefferson by talking about the time he built a smarthome powered by child slavery.Robert and Prop conclude the story of Thomas Jefferson by talking about the time he built a smart home powered by child slavery.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Discussed“In his farm book, Jefferson writes this to describe the standard plan for the children born into his property: Quote, 'Children till 10 years old to serve as nurses; from 10 to 16 the boys make nails, the girls spin, and at 16 go into the ground or learn trades.'”
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Master of the mountain
Master of the Mountain by Henry Wiencek is a critical historical examination of Thomas Jefferson and the complex, deeply flawed realities of his life as a slaveholder.
Discussed“and it's uh you know all this stuff in the farm book is a big part of what weinek bases his book master of the mountain on”
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American Sphinx
American Sphinx by Joseph J.
Discussed“in American Sphinx Ellis estimates Jefferson's debt at several 100,000 now”
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Notes on the state of Virginia
Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson is the only book published by the Founding Father during his lifetime, originally written as an extensive defense and description of America for a French audience that encompasses geographic, social, and political observations.
Discussed“So back during his years in France, when he had written Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson had written at length his belief that black people were not mentally capable of being free.”
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
Discussed“Now, Banneker was an early mathematician, and he was in fact so able at mathematics that by the late 1700s he had a popular almanac that Jefferson and many other Americans used.”
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