For all newcomers, I am hoping to do more with this community and plan on developing more content in the future. As for now, I am currently working on a documentary about the connection between Star Wars and history. Hopefully, it will be done by the end of the summer, but I may go crazy with it. Which could mean it could be delayed. I will upload the intro to it to this community and will add another video explaining how I made the documentary. Anyway if anybody joins by then feel free to comment about anything history.
I must say it is important to talk about slavery because during the last century many historians would barely mention the horrors of the institution. Having said that, one should not use presentism when reviewing past events. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner and a man of his time. He also was an exceptional man of his time, he was a great intellectual, writer, religious freedom advocate, and yes an abolitionist. If we are to tell true history, then we must teach the good the bad and the ugly.
I understand that every historian or tour guide is biased by the mere fact they are human, but we must strive to be balanced and tell the truth even though it goes against a political narrative.