Slavery: The Influences On The Life Of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, one of the lead founding fathers in the Country influenced the times, but the times also influenced him as a writer of many passages. Jefferson, with the help from John Ferling wrote and article, titles, “Jefferson and Hamilton” about what Jefferson’s beliefs and aspirations were. In the article it explains what jefferson wanted, and it describes him as a person and what kind of soul he had. Slavery was a world wide controversy, and Thomas Jefferson took part in that controversy. The article described his soul as lighthearted, but on the outside he was completely different. He did not agree with slavery on the inside but he still owned slaves in order to stay out of debt. This controversy allowed people to see who Thomas Jefferson was; from inside and out. …show more content…
As a father, Jefferson influenced the times immensely. In the letter he wrote for his daughter Martha, he emphasized the beliefs of industrialization of industrialization and the ‘pursuit of happiness’ through physical and mental health, he explains, “it is your future happiness which interests me and nothing can contribute more to it that contradicting habit of industry and activity.” He expressed to his daughter how he wanted citizens to thrive towards excellence and he disapproved of idle people, “none corrodes it with silent, yet so baneful a tooth as indolence.” Since Thomas Jefferson was the president, not only did his daughter listen, but people of his time did too. The times influenced jefferson to write this because as a president he pursued industry and activity in an assortment of things, just like a copious amount of other people did. This did not only affect his times, but today’s times too. People of all generations processed this mentally and