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  • The Conversation on Slavery and Its Legacy Has a Place at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

    Thomas Jefferson. The mention of the name of our nation’s third president, for some Americans, brings to mind the Declaration of Independence, the founding of our country and Jefferson’s home, Monticello. For many others, his name is inextricably linked to a woman who could not access the independence guaranteed by the declaration he penned: Sally…

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    Leslie Greene Bowman






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    September 16, 2016
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