https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/10/14/book-note-henry-wienceks-master-of-the-mountain/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 20:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/10/14/book-note-henry-wienceks-master-of-the-mountain/#comment-92096 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:11:29 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12381#comment-92096 “It is curious that we accept Jefferson as the moral standard of the founders’ era, not Washington. Perhaps it is because the Father of his Country left a somewhat troubling legacy: His emancipation of his slaves stands as not a tribute but a rebuke to his era, and to the prevaricators and profiteers of the future, and declares that if you claim to have principles, you must live by them.” Telling words from the Smithsonian article. Amazing that Jefferson was willed money for the express purpose of freeing his slaves, buying them land and setting them up to live as freedmen, but he refused to receive the gift. Then at his death his slaves, most all related to one another, were auctioned off one by one to different owners…a final slap in the face by Jefferson, who had turned down the money to set them free. Quite the example.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/10/14/book-note-henry-wienceks-master-of-the-mountain/#comment-92043 Wed, 30 May 2018 20:10:34 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12381#comment-92043 McLaughlin also delved into Jefferson’s farm records in Jefferson and Monticello, noting that Jefferson bought and sold slaves, used indentured servants extensively and tried to produce nails for profit, only for this to become one his many failed efforts as a businessman. He also noted the rough treatment of slaves at Monticello.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/10/14/book-note-henry-wienceks-master-of-the-mountain/#comment-62490 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:23:08 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12381#comment-62490 “It is curious that we accept Jefferson as the moral standard of the founders’ era, not Washington. Perhaps it is because the Father of his Country left a somewhat troubling legacy: His emancipation of his slaves stands as not a tribute but a rebuke to his era, and to the prevaricators and profiteers of the future, and declares that if you claim to have principles, you must live by them.” Telling words from the Smithsonian article. Amazing that Jefferson was willed money for the express purpose of freeing his slaves, buying them land and setting them up to live as freedmen, but he refused to receive the gift. Then at his death his slaves, most all related to one another, were auctioned off one by one to different owners…a final slap in the face by Jefferson, who had turned down the money to set them free. Quite the example.

]]> https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/10/14/book-note-henry-wienceks-master-of-the-mountain/#comment-62489 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:46:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=12381#comment-62489 McLaughlin also delved into Jefferson’s farm records in Jefferson and Monticello, noting that Jefferson bought and sold slaves, used indentured servants extensively and tried to produce nails for profit, only for this to become one his many failed efforts as a businessman. He also noted the rough treatment of slaves at Monticello.

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