It may be controversial to say this as an American, but I believe Thomas Jefferson is easily the greatest candidate for founding father that deserves to be forgotten.
- Jefferson sired six children with Sally Hemmings, a slave on his Monticello estate.
- Jeffersions children were put to work in the fields, and never freed for decades.
- Jefferson himself whipped his own children.
- Jefferson intentionally avoided a strong opinion on emancipation and maintained a negative opinion on it frequently. He was accustomed to the opulence of Monticello and without slaves to run it, Jefferson knew his status in the merchant class would be diminished.
- Jefferson died in roughly two million dollars of modern debt. Most attributable to his lavish livestyle.
- Jefferson sired six children with Sally Hemmings, a slave on his Monticello estate.
- Jeffersions children were put to work in the fields, and never freed for decades.
- Jefferson himself whipped his own children.
- Jefferson intentionally avoided a strong opinion on emancipation and maintained a negative opinion on it frequently. He was accustomed to the opulence of Monticello and without slaves to run it, Jefferson knew his status in the merchant class would be diminished.
- Jefferson died in roughly two million dollars of modern debt. Most attributable to his lavish livestyle.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dark-side-of-thom...