On Monday we visited Thomas Jefferson's home in Charlottesville. It is called Monticello. It was very interesting. My favorite part of the tour was the plantation tour. The stories of the slaves was very touching and their sacrifice was great. Thomas Jefferson wrote how slavery was an abomination and yet there must have been pressure of the times, the need for wealth or something like that because he owned several hundred slaves in his lifetime. The hardest story to listen to was after Jefferson died he only freed 7 slaves and because he was in so much debt he had to sell the other 100 he owned at the time. This meant that families were torn apart, any one over the age of 8 was sold. This brought tears to my eyes and I thought of the temple work we recently did for the names that Grandma Goodsell found in a will. I can only imagine the joy that is brought back to these families as we find their names and bring them back together in the temple.
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that is so touching. i will have to do the plantation tour sometime. miss u guys!
Thanks for sharing Amy. What a great trip. I'm glad Brooke got to go back at an earlier time. How fun to be with family and to visit historical sites. I especially think it is awesome that your kids are being able to experience it as well, what a great memory this will be for them...oh wait...I mean everyone but Chelsea...haha.
How com you are always so perceptive? You are also so beautiful. Ghandi
Goodsells! How exciting to find your blog.
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