John Hope Franklin Research Paper

The interviews I have chosen for this assignment is the Julian Bond and John Hope Franklin interview. I find it interesting that both men are drawn to Thomas Jefferson because of the actions he had done during the period of the Revolution. With Thomas Jefferson being label as a Renaissance man by John Hope Franklin and an agronomist and an avid bibliophile. I am fascinated on how John Hope Franklin expressed why he was drawn to Thomas Jefferson, he stated that it was because he declared that he was the author of the Declaration of Independence, the author of Virginia Statute of Religious Liberties, and the founding father of the University of Virginia. It has dawned to me that Julian Bond had also expressed that Thomas Jefferson's intellect was far ranged and that made him one of the fascinating
With the Union being formed it was unnecessary for slavery to continue. With slavery being abolished, it would have paved the possibility that every man could become whatever he wanted, accomplish whatever dreams and goals he had. Albeit this, the moment the Constitution was written to protect the institution of slavery, it had retracted the claim that the United States of America was just. I also agree with John Hope Franklin that you can not have one and maintain the other. It is not very alluring to me on the case of Sally Hemings though, it seems to me that Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson had some sort of romantic or sexual relationship with each other. It bothers me that a man who would speak about freedom and liberty would subject one of slaves into a form of exploitation. Even though I know that it was quite common for slavemasters to use their slaves as they wish, it is odd to me that such a man who is regarded great by some people who result into slave exploitation, I find it ethically wrong in all