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Jefferson's selected writings show the range and tensions of the revolutionary Enlightenment in America. Notes on the State of Virginia began as answers to questions from a French diplomat, but it became Jefferson's most sustained book: a survey of Virginia's geography, natural history, laws, economy, population, slavery, Indigenous peoples, education, religion, and politics.
Author
Thomas Jefferson
Frequently Cited
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants”
“I cannot live without books”