My conversation with Thomas Jefferson

Yesterday we visited the home of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello. TJ's home contains several plantations and his house sits way upon a mountain top. I had many questions for TJ. My first was why was it raining so hard? Others I had was why was a man so famous for fighting for freedom and liberty own 607 slaves? He replied that he inherited some of his slaves from his father and he grew up himself on a plantation and slaves are a necessary part of plantation life. He also said it was something he struggled with his whole life. He felt it was an unthinkable horrible endeavor but he felt the problem do large that future generations would need to solve it. My last question for TJ was about all his inventions! He was very much on the very cutting edge of technology for his day. He invented many contraptions from clocks, sliding and spinning doors, a pulley system located on the side of the fireplace to bring up the wine from the cellar. He used a polygraph and changed it so he could make 2 copies of his handwritten letters at once! I told him he was the Steve Jobs of his day.
He bid me good day and he is a very busy fellow.