Jefferson Vs. Thomas Jefferson: The American Founding Father

A wise man once said, “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal and nothing on earth can help the man with wrong mental attitude.” We know this wise man as the American Founding Father and also the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson. He was a public official, historian, philosopher and a plantation owner for five decades. Jefferson was the son of a successful planter and his mother was from one of the most well-known families in Virginia. He inherited a large portion of estate left behind from his parents where he began to construct his own plantation by the name of Monticello. Years later, Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton , who gave birth to six kids of which two survived …show more content…
In 1802 Callender, a once ally of Jefferson, turned against him because of a political bargain Thomas promised but failed to pull through and because of this he made a published accusation of Sally and Thomas, eager to cause a disgrace and spoil Jefferson’s chances of reelection. Sally’s children resembled Jefferson increasing the public’s views on the relations. She had seven children of which only four lived to adulthood. Jefferson had a will that freed all of Sally’s children except for her. After Jefferson’s death she moved back to Virginia with her two sons which she died in 1835. The topic of their sexual relations continued after they both passed away. In 1970 the Jefferson and Heming’s controversy renewed and in 1998 new DNA surfaced proving that Jefferson did in fact had one and possibly six children with Sally between 1790 and 1808. This caused admirers of Jefferson to thought of this as a romantic love affair regardless of his public broadcast on race, while the ones who doubted his nature saw him as one ravenous white slave owner adding his relationship with Sally as proof of sham behind his persuasive report about liberty and