In response to this incredibly misleading article, From Thomas Jefferson’s own family, a call to take down his memorial, posted on Yahoo! News, there are several vital important historic facts to carefully note: All his active life as an adult in politics Thomas Jefferson, in multiple attempts at various times, tried to end slavery. Here are three specific examples. As a young member of the Virginia House of Burgesses he introduced a bill to this effect but it was not acted upon. As a member of the Second Continental Congress and of the committee chosen to draft the Declaration of … Continue reading Jefferson and Slavery