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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Finally Addresses Slavery; Sally Hemings as a Founding Mother

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Finally Addresses Slavery; Sally Hemings as a Founding Mother

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May 13, 2022
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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Finally Addresses Slavery; Sally Hemings as a Founding Mother
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“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.” Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781. Was he referring to slavery and his own participation in it?

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