Thomas Jefferson: Our Most Evil President Many people believe that Thomas Jefferson was a great president and person. However, they were not informed that he owned hundreds of slaves, was a cruel master, and an extremely racist man. Although slavery was legal at the time and allowed people to purchase and own other human beings, Thomas Jefferson claimed to oppose slavery. He became completely hypocritical by keeping and raping many of his slaves. Thomas Jefferson was very cruel to his slaves, and was extremely heartless towards them. Most slave owners released their slaves when they died, but Thomas Jefferson refused to. He decided to keep or sell his slaves even after his death. Thomas Jefferson even raped many of his slaves. According to