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LOT OF WORK ON JEFFERSON AND SEX, ONE OF THE BOX MY ONE OF MY STUDENTS ON JEFFERSON ESECRETS. THESE ARE IMPORTANT TOPICS, AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THEM IN...
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IMPORTANT ABOUT JEFFERSON IS THE WAY HE SEES THE WORLD. WE THINK WE KNOW HOW HE SEES
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THE WORLD, BUT WE DON'T. SO THAT'S MY ANGLE. >> WHAT DID YOU LOOK AT IN TRYING TO DETERMINE THE MAKEUP OF HIS MIND. >> YEAH, WELL, IT'S BASICALLY THE...
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ABOUT JEFFERSON, YOU CAN'T READ HIM OFTEN ENOUGH. AND I THINK ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK AND OTHER THINGS I WRITE, THIS IS A READING OF
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JEFFERSON. I TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY, AND IT'S NOT A READING THAT I LIKE TO THINK WITH AN AGENDA. I'M NOT DEFENDING HIM, I'M NOT ATTACKING HIM, BUT I THINK...
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THE BEGINNING, AND WE SEE IT IN JEFFERSON'S
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| 00:01:48 |
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FORMULATIONS, AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE REST THEY SAY IS HISTORY. AND I AM AS ENTHUSIASTIC OF NATURE RIGHTS AS ANYBODY, BUT I DON'T...
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OVERWHELM US. HE'S A TOUCH STONE FOR THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT RACE PRECISELY OF THE FACT THAT THE IDEAS THAT HE SETS FORTH IN THE DECLARATION, AND HIS OPPOSITION...
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| 00:03:18 |
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THAT HE OWNED SO MANY SLAVES THE. AND HE LIVED A LONG TIME. I USED TO JOKE THE WORST THING JEFFERSON DFER WAS TO LIVE SO LONG. BECAUSE IF HE DIED EARLIER,...
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HE SAYS THE SOLUTION TO THE SLAVERY PROBLEM IS EMANCIPATION AND EXPATRIIATION. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO EMANCE PATE. YOU SAY HIS OPPOSITION...
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GREAT, HE'S NOT OPPOSED TO BIRACIAL, INTEGRATED SOCIETY. AND I THINK THE MAIN REASON IS THAT HE THINKS OF SLAVES AS A CAPTIVE NATION. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT...
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| 00:07:27 |
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OF FRIENDS WHO ARE
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| 00:07:31 |
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JEFFERSON SCHOLARS. I THINK IT'S BEEN A HOT BEDFOR JEFFERSON SCHOLARS. I'M
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| 00:07:36 |
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NOT, HOWEVER, THE CLASSIC IMAGE OF THE JEFFERSON LOVER. OF COURSE, ONE OF
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| 00:07:43 |
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THE BIG CONTROVERSIES IS HIS -- THE LINES WERE DRAWN THERE BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO INSISTED THAT JEFFERSON COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE DONE IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW...
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SAY THAT JEFFERSON IS STILL MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE. THOUGH I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO AGREE WITH ME, OR IF NOT AGREE WITH ME, CERTAINLY I TALK ABOUT...
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OF HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION. AND I DO THINK THERE IS SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN NOW SAY AND THINK ABOUT JEFFERSON THAT REFLECT A MORE SOPHISTICATED FULLER...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.