#1299 Jefferson's Mistakes

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🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

"He was part of the extension of slavery that made the Civil War inevitable, and that led to almost 800,000 deaths."

— Clay S. Jenkinson

This week President Thomas Jefferson speaks about the political mistakes he made.

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Thomas Jefferson is interpreted by Clay S. Jenkinson.

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0:00.0	Good day Thomas Jefferson, our podcast listeners and thank you for listening.
0:05.0	It is such a delight to have you in our community. I travel a lot. I was just on the Lewis and Clark Trail
0:11.8	David and people said how much they appreciate
0:14.8	this program that they look to it for clarity that they look to it for civility that they
0:19.2	look to it for historical contextualization and I'll tell you this story.
0:24.5	This is a really weird story.
0:27.3	I was walking down, sorry, I was walking up
0:30.8	the Wendover Death March.
0:31.8	Have I told you this? I'm not sure. I'm walking up the Wendover Death March. Have I told you this?
0:33.2	I'm not sure.
0:33.8	I'm walking up the Wendover Death March,
0:35.3	which is seven and a half miles straight up.
0:37.6	You know, no rational being whatever beyond this.
0:39.2	You were admonished once for calling it a quote.
0:41.5	I know.
0:42.1	Death March. Right. And it's a bear and we come
0:46.7	around this corner and then there's this slope that's like straight up for the last
0:50.8	third of the journey and it's hot and the trees are barren and you're tired and I saw a young man walking down.
1:00.0	And I thought, I've never seen anyone on this trail not once and I waited and he came
1:08.5	down to my level and he got within about 15 feet of me and he said you're Clay Jenkinson and I was so shocked I said yeah
1:18.2	who are you and he said he gave his name is Jimmy he's maybe 23 or 24 he said he's a college graduate or
1:25.9	just finishing up in at a Missouri University and he's traveling the country
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