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...President Thomas Jefferson wrote a short letter to a group of Baptist clergymen in Danbury, Conn. The clergymen, who wanted the President to proclaim a national day of Christian thanksgiving, had expressed their frustration with Jefferson??s refusal to do so in a prior letter. In his famous reply, Jefferson explained his refusal; he wrote that “religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God,” and furthermore, that the United States “‘legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting...
...example, a search for “Thomas Jefferson?? directs users not only to a library copy of the Declaration of Independence and a citation of a Jefferson biography, but also to unrelated articles from scholars at Thomas Jefferson University...
Historical controversy arises once again with the advent of author and historian Gary Wills, here to talk about his new bestseller Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power. Wills explores an aspect of Jefferson??s presidency that is often glossed over: the idea that Jefferson actually achieved his presidency by maintaining the institution of “slave representation.” This event is part of the Harvard Book Store’s November Presidential Series, featuring talks with luminaries such as David Herbert Donald, Harry Wiencek and Gore Vidal. 6 p.m. Free. First Parish Church, Three...
This summer and always, I prefer to learn history from the scraps and from the ground up rather than from symbols and the so-called “big picture.” In my book, Jefferson??s faded scrawlings will always top the red, white and blue...
Especially interesting is Kennedy’s discussion of the influence different perceptions of interracial relationships have had on political history. Thomas Jefferson??s enemies called the president’s character into question with rumors that Jefferson sired several children with his slave Sally Hemings, while Abraham Lincoln’s opponents coined the term “miscegenation” during the 1864 campaign, seeking to turn public opinion against Lincoln by suggesting that the Republican party condoned interracial marriage...