Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery /
"In this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers examines the fascinating early life of Thomas Jefferson's book, Notes on the State of Virginia, from its innocuous composition in the early 1780s to its appropriation as a political weapon by both pro- and antislavery forces in the early nineteenth...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
2024.
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Series: | American political thought
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Antislavery at William and Mary
- Writing "Notes on the State of Virginia"
- Authors in Paris : printing the "Notes"
- Alternatives to slavery, 1785-1798
- A lasting influence : the "sons" appropriate the "Notes"
- The Jeffersonian legacy in Virginia, 1820-1832.