Jefferson's Virginia

The differences between the Thomas Jefferson shown in History books, the picture and the passage are large, but expected. Each one strives to show a particular aspect of Jefferson’s personality, so each is biased towards their beliefs.
The history books talk about the hero Jefferson. A founding father, he wrote the Declaration of Independence, and helped form the country. One of the first presidents, only the greatest aspects of his personality is shown.
The passage shows his personality when he’s dealing with his own state. He himself is a slave owner, but while it is obvious that he doesn’t completely respect slaves, he still wants to see the institution of slavery abolished. Some of his flaws are shown, but his inner charity is still seen.
The picture is probably the clearest view into how Jefferson really felt. Even though the picture doesn’t involve him directly, the races of his decedents in enlightening. He has both White and Black decedents. This shows that he felt enough of a connect with one of his slaves to have children. No matter what his words saw, Jefferson say slaves as people.
Jefferson had many personalities, like all of us. Each of these pieces gives us a different view into the founding father’s beliefs.