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It’s Jefferson’s Ideals And Not The Flawed Man We Should Honor

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The author of the Declaration of Independence was a slave owner and an adulterer, but his shortcomings should not taint the ideals he set forth for the country.

Stephen O’Connor
Stephen O’Connor
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Stephen O’Connor

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