Who was the "real" Thomas Jefferson? If this question has an answer, it will probably not be revealed reading the many accounts of his life.
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Jefferson was controversial in his own time, and his propensity to polarize continued in the years after his death as Biographers battled to control the commanding heights of history.
For two centuries Biographers have provided divergent perspectives on him as a man and conflicting appraisals of his accomplishments.
Who was the "real" Thomas Jefferson? If this question has an answer, it will probably not be revealed reading the many accounts of his life