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By Riley Walsh

October 24, 2021 | 9:52pm EDT

Thomas Jefferson does not need defense.

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CHEBILI: Thomas Jefferson does not need your defense

By Nicole Chebili | October 28, 2021

When we criticize Thomas Jefferson, his eugenics, his use of enslaved laborers or his abuse of Sally Hemings and many others, we are contextualizing history, not erasing it.