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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Bible
The Bible is a foundational collection of sacred texts central to Judaism and Christianity, comprising narratives of law, history, prophecy, and poetry.
Discussed“Yeah, they wrote his life the way he wrote the Bible.”
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Notes on the state of Virginia
Notes on the State of Virginia is a 1785 book by Thomas Jefferson that offers observations on the natural history, laws, and customs of Virginia, serving as his only published full-length book.
Discussed“And Jefferson, in Notes on the State of Virginia, which is again him trying to defend the United States to France, writes about how these are one of the worst parts of this really cruel, hideous system.”
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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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