Live with Thomas Jefferson: Visiting Monticello

[@karenmarks642]

I really wish I had been able to listen to this man when I was learning American History in primary school. How exciting to hear all these stories about his life. It really immerses you in the history. School teachers will find this a valuable resource. Keep up the fascinating work. Thanks!

[@Alan-in-Bama]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 You show your Complete ignorance about Thomas Jefferson and his MANY attempts to END the practice of slavery from not only Virginia, but also Entirely on the North American Continent, from his writing the first draft of the Declaration of Independence ! - Now, go study some Accurate History and remedy your Ignorance and Hate.

[@annagorka2044]

I love this interview so much!! Thank you, Mr. Jefferson!

[@jaymartinson3236]

It's amazing how much this guy looks like Jefferson... This is a wonderful video... Its like having the chance to have a conversation with him.

[@chrisallen7911]

This is Wonderful!! What a wonderful way to make History come alive! I wish there were one where he takes you room by room like you were a new visitor to Monticello.

[@historyprofessor1985]

As a historian I say with no reservation that Mr. Barker has one of the BEST JOBS ever!

[@billycampbell854]

Like, a few years ago when I first heard Mr. Barker speak as TJ, I know Jefferson is still alive.

[@TheWardog1701]

Want to go back so bad. As a kid in 1985 I fell in love with that home and read everything I could find on Jefferson. Found him a great man with strange quirks my girl fell in love with history as I have.

[@marioadiez]

Mr Jefferson, today is 4th July and we celebrate with you from Montevideo Uruguay Happy Independence Day to all Anericans!

[@dailydoseofsunshine2319]

I can't believe they brought him back to life 😱

[@bunnybird9342]

They unfroze him from the National Archives

[@moodylicious]

No one quite as perfect as Mr Bob Barker.

[@Brianbravo2000]

*BILL*

[@dvferyance]

You mean the host of the price is right?

[@Dancingpandamarketing]

Well done, thank you!

[@marcybrooks3425]

thank goodness you removed the mask. It would be such a deterrent to the authenticity. Thanks for sharing this Jeffersonian interpretation. He still inspires me as well as generations of Americans.

[@belmontpo]

I really enjoyed these videos

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

"This heeah is the bedroom wheeah that fine wench Sally and I had aeeah consumations"

[@franklogrande9126]

Glad I was able to get past the mask. The video otherwise was quite remarkable and enlightening. ;)

[@tedfort1698]

What do you mean "get past"?

[@franklogrande9126]

@@tedfort1698 muffled sound

[@royevans7793]

I just stumbled across this channel tonight. I have really enjoyed watching the videos. I am subscribing, and will pass it along to my friends. I am awed by President Jefferson, he was a great man!

[@ruthie293]

This "actor" does an awesome job!!!

[@ozjohn39]

At Colonial Williamsburg I asked Mr Barker what he thought of the Australian 'compulsory voting'? He fumed "COMPULSION? COMPULSION? How DARE you sir? May have been a good idea in the recent election. Not really sure if he knew where Australia was.

[@phish8877]

Damn he has the thomas jefferson 76s 🥵

[@campbellchatterjea831]

cool guy i love the design of his house

[@Chainsawctopus]

When this pandemic is "over" (or when our government---in its *infinite* wisdom---decides it is over, we should have a glass of wine or two together.

[@aaronrawley555]

Can you expound upon the journey to the north with Iajrs Madison in 1791 specifically your travels to MA

[@aaronrawley555]

^ James

[@eastcoastartist]

Is Elvis still alive, too?

[@PamOrl]

For those disparaging the mask. Jefferson was very interested in public health, medicine and science. He was instrumental in the development of an improved smallpox vaccine championed its use. He would certainly have worn a mask and been one of the first in line for a Covid vaccine. So this is perfectly in character for the worldwide pandemic that was raging at the time of this recording.

[@nicholasmartinez6410]

The right to be employed in america and managed to purchase food and shelter with checks after labor is a god divine right through christ. A declaration Thomas wrote.

[@ibozopodcast]

Hey, Thomas, what do you think about the fact that the DEA confiscated your poppy plants in 1987 in violation of the Natural Law upon which you founded America?

[@kennethbuck5745]

Are you freaking kidding me? Jefferson would have never worn a mask!

[@nikitamcclelland1154]

I guess Covid-19 and face mask was a thing back then😏😏😏

[@makaelaischillin]

Nah he’s just tryna not get smallpox 😂

[@nikitamcclelland1154]

@@makaelaischillin 😂😂

[@travisryan7035]

Yellow fever. Worse.

[@rogerallenjr.6359]

Thomas Jefferson during covid

[@maxxmanzi3116]

Is that guy Thomas Jefferson

[@Dancingpandamarketing]

Yes!

[@hypocriteflower449]

No.

[@juliegoldman411]

Absolutely!

[@Jack-eo5fn]

Only my opinion, but this Jefferson looks a bit like Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

[@ryanpatrickdillon8044]

The mask intro was ridiculous and undermined a fine period acting performance. Whomever decided that was needed should be ashamed.

[@audrasieger7865]

Lol!

[@PamOrl]

Disagree. Jefferson was very interested in public health, medicine and science. He was instrumental in the development of an improved smallpox vaccine and championed its use. He would certainly have worn a mask and been one of the first in line for a Covid vaccine. Perfectly in character during the worldwide pandemic that was raging at the time of this recording.

[@jimc12]

Thomas Jefferson sounds like he is from Louisiana lol

[@deplorablecovfefe9489]

Can't watch the nonsense facemask obedience test version

[@mikaeladisse8641]

TJ wouldn’t have worn a mask lol...it’s an infringement of our basic right

[@sultanqamaliden3040]

he believed in science though, I am pretty much sure he would.

[@mikaeladisse8641]

@@sultanqamaliden3040 ...but not conspiracies 😉

[@AnthroGuitarist]

@@sultanqamaliden3040 He would never support government suspending rights for "public safety." He also hated religion so he would disapprove of the new Church of C0vid-19

[@joepass1883]

Mask completely unnecessary even at the time of filming, if your gonna do this… then do it. He might as well wear parachute pants with zippers and read from a tablet. Ridiculous

[@j44mac]

Almost stopped watching because of the stupid mask intro. Grow up.

[@miapope544]

That stupid useless mask really ruins it.

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

Jefferson would’ve hated this nonsense. Those inclined to take an interest in the life of Jefferson need not be talked to as if they’re 5 years old!

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Jefferson hated this nonsense He would have been too busy brutalising and raping his slaves. A founding father who owned human beings should not be celebrated. Let’s open Monticello as an African American cultural center and close this stupid historical white wash

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 HEY! How dare you speak of Jefferson as if he exploited his slaves, financially, physically, sexually and in every other way!!! Next thing you’ll do is tell us that Donald Trump lied about Biden stealing the election!

[@TheWardog1701]

Seems the trolls have got butthurt again.

[@Agreatdayneverends]

That is not the case...Jefferson was extremely polite and soft spoken...he was not condensending ... That you think he is addressing the audience like they are children is just your own perception not shared by most. His old fashioned speaking style so punctuated by manners and polite gestures might have something to do with your perceptions of condescension....Almost nobody today is so scrupulously polite.

[@Agreatdayneverends]

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 If you bother to visit there today you would see that there is no whitewashing going on...In fact, the entire slave village has been re-created and there is more instruction on the 18th century realities of slavery and also the realities of those particular enslaved people than on Jefferson himself...The tours are very educational and they don't whitewash anything....on the contrary.

[@melindaunknown6411]

Don’t go near that man Thomas unless you got a chastity belt on.

[@NeTxGrl]

Eh, he's just one of 24 men that it could be. He has not been pinpointed as the father. Now, someone you would have worn a chastity belt around is MLK. He had sex with dozens of women. His assassination and the fact his death was not that long ago has prevented him from being Bill Cosby'd..so far.

[@denisd.budnik7803]

With this "publication," you put Thomas Jefferson on a pedestal. This is a disservice to our Republic. You need to address the weakness of his character and his foibles. This is to shed light on the injustice of our African Americans. To completely ignore this, like you did here, is every much an injustice -- just as was the original sin of Thomas Jefferson. In Thomas Jefferson words... calling slavery a “moral depravity and a “hideous blot." You should have addressed this in this presentation and at every opportunity you have to point out the hideous sanctification of slavery in the founding of our Republic. This would be one small step in righting the wrong.

[@MalEvansUSA]

Denis d budnik agree 100 pct an absolute outrage and a whitewash. The brutality of slavery and an American auchwitz This is awful and a disservice to the African Americans who Jefferson considered chattel. This is awful. Monticello has a track record of sweeping its treatment of African Americans under the rug. This actor should be ashamed of himself. This is an outrage

[@AnthroGuitarist]

Thomas Jefferson was not responsible for slavery. If you read his works and see the legislature that he attempted to put forth you would come to the realization that he supported emancipation. Jefferson was no cruel master and was in fact far more radical in thought approaching abolition than the average Virginian gentleman. Calm your rage and actually learn your American history.

[@denisd.budnik7803]

Thomas Jefferson had 600 enslaved people, including his own offspring, from Sally Hemmings. How cruel is that! I suggest you read and understand your history.

[@jasondickson6030]

Get rid of the mask… forefathers never that scared

[@klakf]

The mask really ruins this video.

[@richardmckrell4899]

Come on, the mask is ridiculous, unwatchable.

[@Jack-eo5fn]

LOL. He took it off at the start and never put it on again...which means you stopped watching before it even started. Doesn’t say much for your capacity to reason or arrive at logical conclusions. Good luck to your family and people who fall victim to your mentality.

[@richardmckrell4899]

@@Jack-eo5fn Please explain the logic and reason behind the actor wearing a mask at the beginning. Feel free to insult me more but please leave my family out of it, if at all possible.

[@hypocriteflower449]

Good thing I'll never visit that damned place.

[@perdog9859]

You're missing out. It's a great experience and does a fantastic job of explaining the vision and skills of the master, and the hard work of his free and enslaved workers.

[@hypocriteflower449]

@@perdog9859 Missing out on what? If you want to burn that money you carry and continue supporting this crap. Go for it! No one is stopping you! But I also appreciate your advice! Asshole

[@perdog9859]

@@hypocriteflower449 You're a real charmer. It's an important historical landmark, created and lived in by one of the most important Americans in our history, and arguably one of the most important men in the last few centuries. His vision and brilliance expanded the size, might and prestige of this nation, and spread the ideals of democracy around the world. Also, if you went to Monticello you'd see the good and the bad stories told, including those of the slaves. They dont beat around the bush on that topic. I hope one day you will calm down, change your mind and embrace learning history.

[@NeTxGrl]

Sure, like anyone in the world gives a damn if you choose to visit or not.