some visitors thought the museum was trying to be too politically correct and, by portraying Jefferson more holistically, trying to change history. “We’re not changing history,” Theresa said, unfazed. “We’re telling history by telling the full story, more of the story of everyone who lived here, not just certain people who were able to tell their stories.” She continued by saying that there were those who derided her and the rest of the staff at the plantation for trying to “tear Jefferson down. “But to me, I think they put him up on a pedestal and they deny the fact that he was human. He had
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