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Thomas Jefferson's education /

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education. By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. Thomas Jefferson...

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Main Author:	Taylor, Alan, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Political and social views. University of Virginia > History. Education, Higher > United States > History > 19th century. Slavery > Virginia > History. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.

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