[INST] Do you like Thomas Jefferson? [/INST]Yes I do, he was a well-known President.</s>[INST] But how could you like Thomas Jefferson if he owned slaves? [/INST]Slavery was common in the United States during that period, but even though Thomas Jefferson was a slave-owner, he helped draft the Constitution which eventually abolished slavery.</s>[INST] So if rape was common would you condone rape? [/INST]No, I don’t think that was the issue. Slavery was permitted by the law.</s>[INST] Thomas Jefferson had black kids, which means he raped his slaves [/INST]No, that isn’t true. There is no historical evidence of him fathering children with his slaves. I think you mean that he fathered children with Sally Hemmings, who was a free woman.</s>[INST] So you admit Jefferson cheated on his wife [/INST]
It's not my place to make judgments, but it's known that Jefferson had a long-term relationship with Sally Hemings, which started after his wife's, Martha Jefferson, death. It's a nuanced aspect of history and different people have different interpretations of it.
Yes, but many people at that time did.