Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-06-11
Books mentioned on Part Three: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites
Robert and Prop talk about Jefferson's wild years as a slavery debate bro in Paris, and also the fact that he was for sure a pedophile. See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Jefferson and his time
Discussed“Very much so, the 1890s, Dumas Malone writes a six volume history of Thomas Jefferson. This is generally considered to be like the first definitive biography of Jefferson.”
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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“No, at all. Yeah. Malone goes on to quote another line from Notes on the State of Virginia, which he describes as perhaps the most erudite summary of the evil of slavery: And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these”
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American Sphinx
American Sphinx by Joseph J.
Discussed“One of those things— I don’t entirely disagree with this; in American Sphinx, Ellis calls it revolutionary realism and compares Jefferson's thinking to Lenin and Mao.”
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